Punjab Kings will encounter Gujarat Titans in the 16th match of IPL 2022 on Friday. Both the teams have a descent run in the tournament and will try their best to maintain it. PBKS have one 2 matches and lost 1 and are in the 4th position of the points table. Gujarat Titans haven’t lost a game in the tournament till now. Lets have a look at their Match preview, prediction and Fantasy XI.
PBKS vs GT: Match Preview
Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings defeated Chennai Super Kings in their last match by 54 runs. Liam Livingstone scored 60 in just 32 deliveries that helped Punjab reach 180 runs. CSK were all out for 126 runs. The bowling attack of PBKS is very strong.
Gujarat Titans
The team is led by Hardik Pandya and in the last match, they defeated Lucknow Super Giants. The bowlers have been used well by Hardik Pandya. Shubman Gill scored 84 runs in the start which gave them a good start to the game. Overall, GT is a very well balanced team.
PBKS vs GT: Match Prediction
PBKS has won 2 matches out of 3. The team suffered a loss in the last match against KKR. On the other hand, GT has won all the matches of the tournament in IPL 2022. The team is very well balanced and has one of the strongest bowling attacks. Gujarat Titans will win the match.
PBKS vs GT: Fantasy XI
Shubman Gill against DC, made 84 runs off 46 deliveries which consisted of 6 fours and 4 sixes.
Shikhar Dhawan made 43 off 29 deliveries. In the previous match against CSK, he scored 33 runs off 24 deliveries.
Liam Livingstone made 60 runs off just 32 deliveries and hit 5 fours and 5 sixes. With the ball, he picked 2 wickets and gave away just 25 runs.
Hardik Pandya bowled 4 overs in both the matches and is looking in great shape. Pandya is leading the team and plays a key role for his team in this match.
Mohammad Shami won the Player of the Match award in his debut game for GT picl=king up 3 wickets in 4 overs giving away just 25 runs. In the second game, he dismissed 2 players for 30 runs in 2 overs.
Kagiso Rabada has bowled 3 overs in both the matches that he has featured in and has picked two wickets.
Jonny Bairstow will be expected to bring the same level of destruction that Jos Buttler has brought for the Rajasthan Royals.
Bhanuka Rajapasa in the last 3 matches scored 83 runs and it’s expected that he’ll score better in the next one as well.
Odean Smith has made 37 runs and picked 2 wickets in the last 3 matches.
Rahul Chahar in the past two matches has picked 6 wickets which is very impressive. Hopefully, he’ll keep up with his performance.
David Miller in the last two matches has scored 50 runs and he is an important part of the squad.
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