 "PBKS stand-in skipper Sam Curran and GT captain Shubman Gill at the toss ahead of the teams' IPL 2024 game in Mullanpur on Sunday. Image: X / @PunjabKingsIPL")
Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans preview: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will look to revive their hopes when they face each other in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match in Mullanpur on Sunday. Both PBKS and former champions GT are struggling in the bottom half of the points table. While GT are in eighth place with six points in seven matches, PBKS are ninth with four points from seven matches.
What’s worse for PBKS is the fact that they have lost their last three matches and would be desperate for the two full points against the Titans. PBKS would look to take inspiration from Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma’s knocks against GT in the reverse fixture, when the Kings had completed a remarkable three-wicket win in Ahmedabad while chasing 200. However, each of their three defeats since have come in the last over, something that Punjab will be vary about.
The form of Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh and Liam Livingstone is worrying for Punjab Kings. The trio haven’t had an IPL to remember thus far. Sam Curran, meanwhile, has one half century and four single figure scores to his name in IPL 2024. Shikhar Dhawan is still unavailable for Punjab has he continues to recover from a shoulder injury.
For GT, only Shubman Gill has scored a fifty among the top five batters and the 2022 champions will hope for something special from the rest of the top-order batters. Sai Sudharsan is another batter who has showed up to the potential but he too will need to get those big knocks.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsMohit Sharma (8 wickets) and Rashid Khan (7) have been the most impressive among the GT bowlers.
Squads:
PBKS: Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Bhatia, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajan, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw
GT: Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill (C), Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Manav Suthar, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson