PBKS vs GT Dream11 Prediction, IPL Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Injury Updates & Pitch Report For Match 18 of IPL 2023
Punjab Kings will be tempted to include both Liam Livingstone and Kagiso Rabada in the playing 11 for this game.
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Punjab Kings (PBKS) will take on the Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 18th game of the IPL 2023 on Thursday (April 13) at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Both teams have had a similar run so far this season, with two wins in three games. PBKS suffered a loss in their last outing against the Sunrisers Hyderabad. They posted a total of 143 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs on the back of a splendid batting performance from Shikhar Dhawan. He became only the fourth batter in IPL’s history to remain unbeaten on 99 runs. PBKS had lost nine wickets for just 88 runs before Dhawan added a record 55 runs for the 10th wicket alongside Mohit Rathee. The target was pretty small for SRH, and they chased down the same in 17.1 overs with eight wickets in hand. Dhawan was adjudged the Player of the Match for his heroics.
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.
Hardik Pandya missed the last game against KKR due to an illness but will be available for this game. PBKS will be tempted to include both Liam Livingstone and Kagiso Rabada in the playing 11 for this game. They can slot in Livingstone in place of Matthew Short easily. But to pick Rabada, PBKS will either have to make Sikandar Raza or Nathan Ellis sit on the bench. Ellis has been at the top of his form this season, and there are no valid reasons for him to sit out. Raza has not been able to deliver a significant performance so far, but his absence can weaken the batting unit.
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Match Information
Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, Match 18
Indian Premier League, 13 Apr 2023, Thur, 7:30 PM IST, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
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24.8°C
36% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan (C), P Simran Singh, B Rajapaksa, JM Sharma (wk), SM Curran, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, R Dhawan, MW Short, K Rabada
Bench : Sikandar Raza, RD Chahar, Nathan Ellis, A Taide, Harpreet Singh, Mohit Rathee, Shivam Singh, LS Livingstone, Rajangad Bawa, Baltej Singh, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Gurnoor Brar
Gujarat Titans
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, HH Pandya (C), R Tewatia, Rashid Khan, M Shami, J Little, Alzarri Joseph, Sai Sudharsan, MM Sharma, DA Miller
Bench : Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, A Manohar, J Yadav, MS Wade, Urvil Patel, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Odean Smith, Shivam Mavi, DG Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, PJ Sangwan, D Shanaka
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
163
Average Score
Player Picks
Shikhar Dhawan PBKS | BAT
He has scored half-centuries in his last two outings and has been the leading run-scorer. Dhawan has scored 225 runs in three games at a strike rate of 149. He is just 31 runs away from becoming the second batter to score over 6500 runs in the Indian Premier League’s history.
Shubman Gill GT | BAT
The right-hand batter has been in the best form of his life currently. He has scored 116 runs in three games at an average of 38.66 and a strike rate of 145 this season.
Sai Sudharsan GT | BAT
The 21-year-old batter was one of the finds of the season for the Titans last year and has bettered his record this year. In three games, Sudharsan has made 137 runs at a strike rate of 133 and is the leading run-scorer for the team.
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Shahrukh Khan
PBKS | BAT
He has managed just 26 runs in three outings so far this season and can be avoided for this game.
Matthew Short
PBKS | ALL
The uncapped Australian all-rounder got an opportunity to bat in the last game and he scored just one run. He will likely have to make way for Livingstone in this game.
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