IPL 2023: Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans; Top player enter, changes in playing XI

Punjab Kings Gujarat Titans are set to lock horns with each other in their next clash of IPL 2023. PBKS vs GT is the 18th match of IPL 2023, set to take place at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. IPL 2023: Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans; Top player enter, changes in playing XI.

Shikhar Dhawan leads Punjab Kings in IPL 2023 while Hardik Pandya leads Gujarat Titans. Punjab Kings have played 3 matches in the tournament so far, winning 2 and losing 1. Gujarat Titans have played 3 games so far, winning 2 and losing 1. Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya missed the last game against KKR due to an illness but will be available for this game.

Defending champions Gujarat Titans suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders. GT scored 204 runs for the loss of four wickets while batting first after winning the toss. Sai Sudharsan continued his dream run this season with another half-century. Vijay Shankar played a fine knock of 63 runs off 24 deliveries and played some ridiculous shots.

KKR didn’t have a good start as they lost two wickets inside the powerplay overs. But a 100-run stand between Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana helped them bounce back in a great fashion. Iyer was dismissed for 83 runs off 40 deliveries in the 16th over. In the 17th over, Rashid Khan dismissed three KKR batters on the first three deliveries of his over and claimed the first hat-trick of this season.

In the end, Rinku Singh scored 40 runs off the last seven deliveries he faced with five consecutive sixes of the last over. Rinku helped KKR collect 29 runs in the last over and win the game by three wickets.

Probable bat-first XI: 1 Prabhsimran Singh, 2 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 3 Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Sam Curran, 7 M Shahrukh Khan, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Rahul Chahar, 11 Arshdeep Singh.

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Probable bat-first XI: 1 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 2 Shubman Gill, 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Hardik Pandya (capt), 5 Vijay Shankar, 6 David Miller, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Alzarri Joseph, 10 Mohammed Shami, 11 R Sai Kishore.