GT vs PBKS, 48th Match, Indian Premier League 2022
Date
Toss
Gujarat Titans won the toss and opt to bat
Time
Venue
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai
Umpires
Virender Sharma, Rohan Pandit
Third Umpire
Saiyed Khalid
Match Referee
Daniel Manohar
Gujarat Titans Squad
Playing
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Pradeep Sangwan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami
Bench
Matthew Wade, Varun Aaron, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Abhinav Manohar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Darshan Nalkande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dominic Drakes, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad
Pitch at DY Patil Stadium has shown slowness in recent few matches, the ball is not coming with a pace. The pitch at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai is similar. If we look at the result of the last 13 matches, then the average score of the first innings has been 172 runs. Most of the teams on this ground believe in chasing the target. So it is expected that the team winning the toss will field first.
Weather Report:
The temperature of Mumbai is expected to be 35 degree Celsius which can reach 37 to 41 degree Celsius during the day. There will be a drop in the temperature during the night which will be 28 degree Celsius. Skies are expected to remain clear. There is no chance of rain. During the day, the humidity will be 70 to 75 percent, which will drop to 53 percent during the night.
Gujrat Titans is set to take on Punjab Kings in TATA IPL on Tuesday, 03 May 2022 at 19:30 PM IST
Gujrat. has almost confirmed their place in the top 4 after another victory in last match, While Punjab needs to step up and win most of their matches now.
Gujrat Titans (GT) Team Updates:
Things have panned out sensationally well for the Gujarat Titans in their debut IPL 2022 campaign so far as they have lost just a single game and registered 8 victories.
They are unlikely to make any big time changes from the last game.
They will bank upon the likes of Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, David Miller and Wriddhiman Saha to play a significant role with the bat.
Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha will probably open the inning.
Sai Sudharsan will bat at the one-down position. He is the backbone of the batting team.
Hardik Pandya and David Miller will handle the middle-order batting.
Hardik Pandya is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Hardik Pandya will lead the Gujrat Titans as a Captain. He is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Wriddhiman Saha will do the Wicket Keeping for Gujrat Titans.
Rashid-Khan and Rahul Tewatia will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Rahul Tewatia was the highest fantasy points gainer in the previous match.
Mohammed Shami and Lockie Ferguson will lead the pace attack of his team.
The likes of Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan and Alzarri Joseph will form an important part of the bowling attack.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) Team Updates:
Punjab Kings ended up losing their previous match against Lucknow Super Giants by 20 runs.
The likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Liam Livingstone will be expected to deliver the goods in the batting department.
Shikhar Dhawan and Mayank Agarwal will probably open the inning.
Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal has got some brilliant starts in this competition so far but has failed to convert them.
Jonny Bairstow will bat at the one-down position.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Liam Livingstone will handle the middle-order batting.
Liam Livingstone is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Mayank Agarwal will lead the Punjab Kings as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman
Jonny Bairstow will do the Wicket Keeping for Punjab Kings.
Liam Livingstone and Rahul Chahar will take care of the spin bowling of his team.
Liam Livingstone is having topmost fantasy points in this series.
Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh will lead the pace attack of his team.
GT vs PBKS Head to Head:
GT: 1 Won PBKS: 0 Won
Both these sides have met once so far and Gujarat leading by 1-0.
Last Encounter
The last time both these sides met, Gujarat beat Punjab by 6 wickets.
GT vs PBKS Live Telecast:
The match will be live telecast on Star Sports and Disney Plus Hotstar.
Game changer Rahul Tewatia
For the Gujarat Titans, Rahul Tewatia has emerged as a fabulous match-winner this season with the bat. In the previous game against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rahul Tewatia smashed an amazing unbeaten knock of 43 runs off only 25 balls.
