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Gujarat Titans (GT) are looking promising in IPL 2024 under new skipper Shubman Gill, who took over the charge after the former skipper Hardik Pandya was traded to Mumbai Indians (MI). In their first match of the season against MI at Narendra Modi Stadium on 24th March, GT bowlers did a tremendous job in death overs and defeated MI by 6 runs defending a total of 168 runs. However, they couldn’t continue their winning run when faced Chennai Super Kings at Chepauk in their second match of the season and suffered a big defeat by 63 runs. The Ahmedabad-based franchise got back on their winning track after traveling to their home ground in Ahmedabad and defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets on 31st March. GT currently stand in the fourth position in the points table with two wins from three matches.
On the other side, Punjab Kings (PBKS) had a convincing start to the season where they defeated Delhi Capitals by 4 wickets at their new home ground Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur in their first match of IPL 2024 on 23rd March. However, they went on to lose their next two matches consecutively against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Supergiants at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and Ekana Cricket Stadium respectively. Now they will be facing Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 4th April. These two teams have always produced a thrilling contest every time they met each other in the cash-rich league.
Let’s have a look at GT vs PBKS Head to Head, Pitch Report and Best Players for IPL 2024.
GT vs PBKS Head-to-Head in IPL
Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have faced each other three times in the IPL, with GT coming out victorious on two occasions and PBKS winning one of them. Both teams first met at Brabourne Stadium on 8th April, 2022. It was an absolute thriller where Rahul Tewatia smashed two sixes off the last two balls to give GT a thrilling and memorable victory against PBKS.Shubman Gill was the top scorer in that match with 96 runs off 59 balls.
| Matches | GT Won | PBKS Won | Tie | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
GT vs PBKS Head-to-Head at Narendra Modi Stadium
Notably, Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings haven’t played an IPL match against each other at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This will be first time when both GT and PBKS will face each other on this ground.
Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report
Talking about the pitch, the surface of the Narendra Modi stadium for the batters and fielders due to its fast outfield. However, the pitch is usually slow during the starting overs that becomes beneficial for the fast bowlers bowling with new ball and spinner coming to the ball in the middle overs.
Narendra Modi Stadium IPL Stats and Records
The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has hosted a total of 29 IPL matches so far, out of which 14 matches have been won by the team batting first, while 15 times, the teams have won by batting second. The ground hosted its first-ever IPL match in 2010 as Rajasthan Royals (RR) took on Kolkata Knight Riders in match number 13 of the season on 20 March, 2010. RR won that comfortably by 34 runs with all round performance from all players.
| City | Ahmedabad | ||
| Country | India | ||
| Also or previously Known as | Sardar Patel Stadium, Gujarat Stadium | ||
| First Match | 20/03/2010 | ||
| Last T20 Match | 31/03/2024 | ||
| Matches Played | 28 | ||
| Matches Won Batting First | 14 (50%) | ||
| Matches Won Batting Second | 15 (50%) | ||
| Matches Won Winning Toss | 14 | ||
| Matches Won Losing Toss | 15 | ||
| Matches with No Result | 0 (0.00%) | ||
Key Players from both teams
GT- X Factors
GT skipper Shubman Gill had a tremendous season last year, finishing as a leading run scorer of the tournament. However, hasn’t been able to show his form in the ongoing season so far, scoring just 75 runs from three games. Now fans would be having high expectations from him to score big runs against PBKS on one of his favorite grounds. Apart from him, fans will look up to Rahul Tewatia who has great records while batting against PBKS. He is expected to produce another finishing knock against them in the upcoming match. In the bowling line up, Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma are the players to look out for in a match against PBKS.
PBKS- X Factors
Skipper Shikhar Dhawan is leading from the front and has been a top scorer for PBKS in the last two games against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Lucknow Supergiants respectively. He scored 45 runs off 37 balls against RCB and 70 off 50 against LSG. However, PBKS ended up losing the game on both occasions. Now, Dhawan will be looking to play another match-winning knock in the upcoming match against GT. Apart from this, batters like Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone were also seen in good form in the last two games.
