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The pitch at Narendra Modi Stadium is good for batting. Teams chasing have won more games. Bowlers get some help at the start. Batters can score big if they play well. Chasing is always easy here due to the dew factor in the second innings.
Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have played 5 matches. Gujarat won 3 times, and Punjab won 2 games which they will want to improve this season. No matches ended in a tie or no result. Punjab can tie the head-to-head record with a win today.
Shubman Gill and Yuzvendra Chahal have faced each other many times. Gill has scored 62 runs in 51 balls but has been out 3 times. He has hit 6 fours but no sixes. His best year against Chahal was 2024 when he scored 20 runs in 10 balls.
Glenn Maxwell has played against Kagiso Rabada in three IPL seasons. He has scored 23 runs in 20 balls and got out 2 times. He has hit 3 fours but no sixes. In 2020, Rabada got him out twice, making it a tough battle.
Jos Buttler and Arshdeep Singh have faced each other many times. Buttler has scored 25 runs in 16 balls and got out once. He has hit 1 four and 2 sixes. His best strike rate was in 2023 when he scored 10 runs in just 3 balls.
In his recent five innings, Shreyas Iyer scored 48, 45, 79, 56, and 15 runs respectively. He is in great form and as a captain of Punjab Kings who have so many hitters he just has to play a runner ball which he can do very well. At the Narendra Modi Stadium, Iyer played one inning, scoring 58 runs.
Glenn Maxwell’s recent returns are not satisfying but he was in an incredible form in BBL 2024-25 where he scored 325 runs in nine innings with an average of 54.17. He was the second most six scorer in the league. He has good records against Gujarat Giants as well, having played 4 innings, scoring a total of 88 runs and taking 2 wickets.
In IPL 2024, Jos Buttler accumulated a total of 359 runs at an average of 39.88, scoring two hundreds against RCB and KKR while chasing the total. At the Narendra Modi Stadium, he has played 3 innings, scoring 145 runs at an average of 72.5. Against Punjab Kings, he has played 13 innings, totaling 435 runs.
In IPL 2024, Shubman Gill was appointed captain of Gujarat Titans after the exit of Hardik Pandya from the team. He stepped up in terms of his own performance in that season, scoring a total of 426 runs, with a highest score of 104 runs off 55 balls against Chennai Super Kings. He was looking good in the recent Champions trophy where he scored a hundred against Bangladesh. Gill has played 18 innings at Narendra Modi Stadium which is the highest number of innings among both teams. In those 18 innings Gill scored 953 runs at an average of 63.5.
In his recent five innings, Sai Sudharsan scored 7, 2, 9, 0, and 3 runs respectively which is below his standards. However his records at Narendra Modi Stadium is insane, having played 12 innings, Sai scored 603 runs at an average of 55. Against Punjab Kings, he has played 5 innings, totaling 183 runs.
In his recent five innings including two hundred which is insane, Josh Inglis scored 11, 120, 22, 0, and 102 runs respectively. This is Inglis’ first IPL season and he will look to dominate just like the other Australians have done in the past for Punjab Kings including Glenn Maxwell and George Bailey.
The Australian all-rounder has limited experience in the IPL, having not yet made his debut in the tournament. Aaron Hardie will most likely not get a chance in the Punjab Kings playing XI having four clear options to play as the overseas in Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, Marco Jansen/Lockie Ferguson.
The veteran Indian pacer has had a good performance in IPL 2024, picking up 10 wickets but his place in the playing XI is still a question mark. GT will most likely play Mohamamd Siraj and Prasiddh Krishna as the two premium Indian fast bowlers.
Keeper: Jos Buttler, Josh Inglis
Batters: Shubman Gill (C), Shreyas Iyer (vc), Sai Sudharsan
All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Yuzvendra Chahal
Keeper: Jos Buttler
Batters: Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Sai Sudharsan (C), Nehal Wadhera (VC)
All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj
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