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Punjab Kings will face Gujarat Titans in the 16th match of IPL 2022.
The match will be telecast live on Star Sports Network and Disney+hotstar.
PBKS Current form
Punjab Kings registered a convincing victory against the Chennai Super Kings in their last game.
Punjab Kings are currently placed at 5th place on the points table with 2 wins in 3 games.
On the other hand, Gujarat Titans are having a dream start to their IPL career as they have won both of them their opening two matches.
Gujarat is currently placed at the 4th position on the points table with 4 and would be aiming to strengthen their spot in the top 4 by completing a hat-trick of victories in match 16 of IPL 2022.
Punjab Kings defeated the Chennai Super Kings by a big margin of 54 runs.
After setting a target of 180 runs, Punjab restricted the defending champions to only 126-9 from their 20 overs.
Rahul Chahar picked up 3 wickets while Livingstone scored a brilliant half-century for Punjab Kings.
GT Current form
Gujarat Titans registered impressive victories in its opening two encounters against two strong teams like LSG and DC.
In their last match, Gujrat Titans managed to score 171 runs in the first innings against Delhi Capitals.
Shubman Gill scored an outstanding knock of 84 runs.
Delhi Capitals wasn’t able to chase down this target and finished their innings on 157-9.
Lockie Ferguson was the star for Gujrat with the ball as he picked up 4 wickets for just 28 runs.
Match details
Teams: GT vs PBKS
Venue: Brabourne Cricket Stadium
Date: 8th April, Friday
Time: 7:30 pm IST
Head to head record
This will be the first-ever match between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans in IPL history because Gujarat Titans are playing in their maiden IPL season.
Total Matches Played: Not played yet
Punjab Kings won: Not played yet
Gujrat Titans won: Not played yet
Tie/no results: Not played yet
GT Probable Playing 11
Matthew Wade (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya ©, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Rashid Khan, Abhinav Manohar, Varun Aaron, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami
PBKS Probable Playing 11
Mayank Agarwal ©, Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match
Rashid Khan is known as the best T20 bowler in the world right now.
He can block runs and pick up wickets in the middle overs. Rashid Khan is likely to be the best bowler in today’s match.
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match
Shubman Gill played an outstanding knock of 84 runs in the previous match for Gujarat and he is expected to play another match-winning innings today against Punjab Kings.
Jeetbig star Wicketkeeper of the match
The Australian wicketkeeper Mathew Wade has been exceptional behind the stumps and he will be the star for Gujarat in match 16 with both bat and wicketkeeping gloves.
Jeetbig star All-rounder of the match
Liam Livingstone was excellent with both bat and bowl in the previous match.
He scored a half-century and picked up 2 wickets and was awarded the player of the match for his all-round performance
Who will win?
Both teams are quite strong and the fans will probably see an excellent game of cricket between these two sides on Friday.
The toss will play a huge role in the winner of the contest as the chasing team will get benefit from the pitch so, whichever team will win the toss is also expected to win the match.
But if we look on paper then Gujarat Titans are looking ahead of the Punjab Kings because they have a better team combination than Punjab.
Hence, our prediction for match 16 is that Gujarat Titans will beat Punjab Kings.
