Both teams won their opening match last season but had an underwhelming tournament, finishing in the bottom three.
GT vs PBKS, Live Score: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will play their opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on March 25. The former haven’t won a title and haven’t reached a final since 2014. The latter lifted the trophy on their first try and made the final in 2023. However, they weren’t able to cope with Hardik Pandya‘s exit as captain. The focus would be on how Shreyas Iyer leads a rebuilt PBKS and whether Shubman Gill finally comes good as captain of GT.
GT vs PBKS, Live Score
Match Details
- Match: Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, Match 5, IPL 2025
- Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Date & Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at 7:30 PM IST
- Live Broadcast and Streaming: Sports18 and Star Sports Network, JioHotstar (app and website)
GT vs PBKS: Pitch Report
The Narendra Modi Stadium offers assistance to both batters and bowlers. It’s a venue where the average first innings score is 167, and only once has a target of 200 or more been chased. But the side batting first has an advantage, winning 20 of 35 matches, as the ball comes onto the bat nicely in the second half.
The ball swings under the lights, and pacers rule the roost. Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma have taken 20 and 29 wickets at an average of 18.10 and 13.14, respectively. Even Rashid Khan hasn’t been that successful at the Narendra Modi Stadium; which suggests that spinners can’t match the quicks at the venue.
GT vs PBKS Head-to-Head Record
Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have faced each other five times since GT’s inception in 2022. GT leads the head-to-head tally 3-2. This stat highlights the competitive nature of their rivalry, with GT holding a slight edge historically.
| Matches Played | Won (Gujarat Titans) | Won (Punjab Kings) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 3 | 2 |
GT vs PBKS Predicted Playing XI
Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Shubman Gill (c)
- Jos Buttler (wk)
- Sai Sudarshan
- Anuj Rawat
- Shahrukh Khan
- Glenn Phillips
- Rahul Tewatia
- Washington Sundar
- Rashid Khan
- Kagiso Rabada
- Mohammed Siraj
- Impact Subs: Mahipal Lomror, Shahrukh Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Prasidh Krishna
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Prabhsimran Singh (wk)
- Priyansh Arya
- Shreyas Iyer (c)
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Marcus Stoinis
- Glenn Maxwell
- Shashank Singh
- Marco Jansen
- Yash Thakur
- Arshdeep Singh
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Impact Subs: Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harpreet Brar, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Kuldeep Sen
Gujarat Titans Squad
Batters: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Kumar Kushagra (wk), Anuj Rawat (wk), Sherfane Rutherford
All-rounders: Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips (wk), Karim Janat
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Kulwant Khejroliya
Punjab Kings Squad
Batters: Shreyas Iyer (c), Josh Inglis (wk), Pyla Avinash, Priyansh Arya, Harnoor Singh Pannu, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod (wk)
All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Omarzai, Aaron Hardie, Musheer Khan, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge
Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Yash Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Sen, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey, Harpreet Brar
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