PBKS vs GT LIVE Score: Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans go up against each other in their season opener as the two teams meet in the fourth match of the Indian Premier League 2026 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in New Chandigarh on Tuesday, March 31.
The weather forecast predicts no rain interruption during the PBKS vs GT match. The match will be played from 7.30 PM IST. The toss will take place at 7 PM IST. Fans can watch the PBKS vs GT match on Star Sports TV channels and the JoiHotstar app and website.
The two teams had also met in their first match last season where Shreyas Iyer’s incredible 97 not out and some superb death bowling from Vyshak Vijaykumar had helped PBKS sneak through to an 11-run victory. While PBKS will want to repeat the same result, GT will be aiming to make amends.
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Both teams have star-studded line-ups and there is not much to separate the two. The two teams also have largely retained their squads from the last season, with only a few changes.
PBKS vs GT: Battle of youth against experience
PBKS have a very young team with a lot of highly talented youngsters in the side. Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Nehal Wadhera are three key young batters while Marco Jansen too, even with international experience, is just 25.
GT, on the other hand, have a lot of experience in Jos Buttler, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Glenn Phillips. Captain Shubman Gill too is a tested product being a leader in two formats for India. They also have some talented youngsters but overall, the team does have a lot of proven stars.
So, this game could be a battle of the youth of Punjab against the experience of Gujarat. Cooper Connolly, another talented young star, is likely to make his IPL debut for PBKS in this game.
PBKS vs GT: Head to head
Both teams have played six IPL matches against each other so far and are on level terms. Both Punjab and Gujarat have won three matches each in this contest. So, the winner tonight will also take the lead in the head-to-head record in the matches between the two teams.
PBKS vs GT Squads
Gujarat Titans Squad: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, M Shahrukh Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jason Holder, Luke Wood, Washington Sundar, Tom Banton, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu, Ashok Sharma
Punjab Kings Squad: Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Ben Dwarshuis, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Lockie Ferguson, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Nehal Wadhera, Harpreet Brar, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash, Vishal Nishad
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