Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings
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48th Match:
The match between GT and PBKS is the forty-eighth meeting of the IPL 2022, which is going to be played at the DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on May 3rd 2022.
GT vs PBKS History:
The teams competed against each other 1 time, till date. Out of them, GT won 1 time, whereas PBKS is searching for the first win.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against PBKS are W – – – -.
GT Home:
The teams faced each other 0 times at the home ground of GT.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against PBKS are – – – – -.
PBKS Home:
The teams competed 0 times at the home ground of PBKS.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS against GT are – – – – -.
Neutral Venue:
The teams met 1 time at the neutral venue. GT won 1 time, whereas PBKS won 0 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against PBKS are W – – – -.
Teams and Ranks:
Gujarat Titans:
The team completed 9 games, out of them the team won 8 times and lost 1 time.
The team is at the first place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 16 points (in total), victory will bring the team at the top place with 18 points (in total) and the defeat will also place the team at the top position with 16 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT are WWWWW.
Punjab Kings:
The team completed 218 games, out of them the team won 102 times and lost 116 times.
The team is at the eighth place (currently) in the table (IPL 2022) with 8 points (in total), victory will bring the team in any of the fourth or fifth place with 10 points (in total) and the defeat will place the team at the current (eighth) position with 8 points (in total).
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS are LWLLW.
Weather:
Weather forecast for Navi Mumbai shows the weather would be pretty clear throughout the game. The precipitation percentage would be between 2% to 6% as of now, so there would be extremely less chances of rain during the match. The temperature would be between 29 to 31 Celsius. The wind would be between 4 to 10 km/h. The speed of wind and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch (Record of IPL):
Teams chose to bat first after winning the toss, which happened 8 times in 31 games. The selection behaves neutral to the teams, as the team won 4 times and lost 4 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WLLLW.
On the other hand, the team chose to field first after winning the toss, won 14 times and lost 9 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLWL.
The first batting team won the matches 13 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 18 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LWLWL.
Over all, the teams which won the toss, won the matches 18 times and lost 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLW.
GT:
The team won the toss once in 3 games, which the team won.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the GT at the venue, while winning the toss, are W – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the GT at the venue, while losing the toss, are WL – – -.
PBKS:
The team won the toss 2 times in 3 games. The team won once and lost once.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while winning the toss, are WL – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of the PBKS at the venue, while losing the toss, are L – – – -.
Score:
The lowest successful defended total was 142 runs in 2010. On the other hand, Highest successful chase is 206 runs in 2022 at the ground.
The first innings lowest total was 82 runs in 2010, and the highest total was 216 runs in 2022. For the second inning, the lowest total was 104 runs (completed innings) in 2010, whereas the highest was 208 runs in 2022.
The batting average of the first innings is 23.38 and 24.95 is for the second innings.
T20 History Between the Teams at the Venue:
The teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT against PBKS at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20 History at the Venue:
GT:
The team has an above average record, as the team won 2 times and lost once in 3 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of GT at the venue are WWL – -.
PBKS:
The team has a below average record, as the team won 1 time and lost 2 times in 3 outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of PBKS at the venue are LWL – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
Gujarat Titans:
The team would like to go with Y. Dayal, if he is fit for the play, in place of P. Sangwan.
Gujarat Titans: S. Gill, W. Saha, S. Sudharsan, H. Pandya, D. Miller, R. Tewatia, R. Khan, A. Joseph, L. Ferguson, M. Shami, Y. Dayal
Punjab Kings:
The team would like to go with an unchanged Xi despite the defeat.
Punjab Kings Eleven: S. Dhawan, M. Agarwal, B. Rajapaksa, J. Bairstow, L. Livingstone, J. Sharma, R. Dhawan, K. Rabada, R. Chahar, A. Singh, S. Sharma
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2022-gt-vs-pbks-gujarat-titans-win-toss-and-opt-to-field-against-punjab-kings/articleshow/90731644.cms?from=mdr
