
Gujarat Titans will take on Punjab Kings in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League
Preview
Gujarat Titans will take on Punjab Kings in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League. This match will be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 74 matches will be played across 13 cities over the next two months as the IPL fever kicks off. Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad on May 20 and 21, respectively. Qualifier 2, on May 23, and the final, on May 25, will be in Kolkata.
Gujarat Titans will be led by Shubman Gill and have retained familiar players like Rashid Khan, Tewatia, and Sai Sudhashan from the last season. Glenn Phillips, Jos Buttler, and Sherfane Rutheford are the additions while they have also managed to pick Rabada, Shami, and Sundar from the auction. They will be keen to have a good season this time aound.
On the other hand, Punjab Kings have opted to go fully fresh and released all except 2 playes from last season. Shreyas Iyer will lead the side and there are five Australian overseas players in the squad. They look a balanced side and will be keen to start well. This promises to be an exciting match.
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Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, Match 5
Probable PlayingXI
Gujarat Titans
Shubman Gill(C), Sai Sudharsan, Sherfane Rutherford, R Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Jos Buttler, Glenn Phillips, Rashid Khan, K Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Bench:Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, MK Lomror, Shahrukh Khan, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Karim Janat, Nishant Sindhu, Manav Suthar, J Yadav, G Coetzee, Ishant Sharma, K Khejroliya
Punjab Kings
S Iyer(C), MP Stoinis, YS Thakur, N Wadhera, GJ Maxwell, Shashank Singh, M Jansen, P Simran Singh, JP Inglis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bench: Harnoor Singh, Pyla Avinash, Vishnu Vinod, P Arya, Suryansh Shedge, AM Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Musheer Khan, P Dubey, Harpreet Brar, LH Ferguson, KR Sen, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett
Pitch Report
The surface here will be good for batting and there will be plenty of runs on offer. Both teams will pefe chasing at ths venue.
Shubman Gill GT | bat
Shubman Gill has done well for Gujarat Titans in the last few seasons and 426 runs in 12 matches last season. He will be a good captaincy pick.
Glenn Maxwell is an aggressive batter and can also bowl a few overs of spin. His all-round value makes him a good pick for this match.
Mahipal Lomror- GT | ALL- 8.5