IPL 2026 PBKS vs GT Live Cricket Score: Today the fourth match of IPL 2026 is being played between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose bowling. Batting first, Gujarat Titans batsmen would like to put a good total on the board. Australian all-rounder Cooper Connolly is making his debut for Punjab Kings, while Gujarat gave debut caps to Glenn Phillips and Ashok Sharma for the team. When Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, who are out of the Indian T20 team, will captain their respective teams in this match, they will also intend to prove themselves. Punjab Kings, captained by last year's runner-up Shreyas Iyer, will play this time with the intention of ending the drought of their first IPL title. At the same time, Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans reached the eliminator in IPL 2025, but were eliminated from the tournament after losing to Mumbai Indians. Gujarat will be eyeing its second IPL title this time.
PBKS vs GT Live: Playing XI of Gujarat Titans
PBKS vs GT Live: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
PBKS vs GT Live: Playing XI of Punjab Kings
PBKS vs GT Live: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vishak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab Kings won the toss
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab Kings won the toss and chose bowling in this match. Batting first, Gujarat Titans team will look to put a big total on the board.
PBKS vs GT Live: Toss will be held at 7 pm
PBKS vs GT Live: In some time from now, the captains of both the teams will come to the field for the toss. It remains to be seen what is the first choice of the captain who wins the toss. The first ball of the match will be bowled at 7.30.
PBKS vs GT Live: Gill will have his eyes on this record
PBKS vs GT Live: Shubman Gill is just 88 runs away from completing his 5500 runs in T20 cricket. Talking about IPL, he has scored 3866 runs in 115 innings. After being out of the Indian T20 team, Gill will be very eager to prove himself on the field. Since 2023, no one except Virat Kohli has scored more runs than him in the IPL.
PBKS vs GT Live: Playing XI of Gujarat Titans
PBKS vs GT Live: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
PBKS vs GT Live: Playing XI of Punjab Kings
PBKS vs GT Live: Prabhsimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Johnson, Arshdeep Singh, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal.
PBKS vs GT Live: Weather conditions
PBKS vs GT Live: There is no shadow of rain on the match. The day temperature will be around 33 degrees, which may fall to 16 degrees in the evening. Due to falling temperature at night, dew may be seen in the second innings. For this reason, the team that wins the toss may prefer to bowl first.
PBKS vs GT Live: How will the pitch be?
PBKS vs GT Live: The Mullanpur pitch played differently last season, but mostly it was easy to bat on. If there is some grass on the pitch, the fast bowlers can get good help in the beginning of the match. Overall the wicket is expected to be good.
PBKS vs GT Live: Who will sail for Gujarat?
PBKS vs GT Live: Gujarat Titans will expect excellent performance with the bat from Sai Sudarshan and captain Shubman Gill this season too. Sudarshan was the highest run-scorer last season and scored 759 runs in 15 matches, while Gill scored 650 runs. However, Jos Buttler's recent form will definitely be a matter of concern for the team. Everyone's eyes will also be on the performance of Glenn Phillips. Washington Sundar, Jason Holder and Rahul Tewatia will try to sail the team with bat and ball. With the presence of Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma and Luke Wood, the team's pace attack looks strong. At the same time, the command of the spin department will be in the hands of Rashid Khan, who will be supported by Sai Kishore and Sundar.
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab Kings looking strong on paper
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab team is also looking very strong this season. Punjab will once again expect a strong performance from the opening pair of Priyansh Arya and Prabhsimran Singh in the top order. Captain Iyer will be seen holding the number three position. Iyer batted brilliantly last season and scored 604 runs in 17 matches at a strike rate of 175. The Punjab captain had scored 6 half-centuries in the entire season. Punjab Kings will also expect strong performance from Nehal Wadhera and Shashank Singh. Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen and Umarzai will make important contributions with both bat and ball. At the same time, Mitchell Owen and Cooper Connolly would like to leave a mark with excellent performance in IPL 2026.
PBKS vs GT Live: Both teams are ready, how is the head to head record
PBKS vs GT Live: The teams of Punjab and Gujarat are ready for this match. There can be a tough competition between the two in this match. A total of 6 matches have been played so far in IPL between Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. Out of these, Punjab Kings have won 3 matches, while Gujarat has won only three matches. These two teams had clashed once in IPL 2025, where Punjab performed brilliantly and defeated Gujarat by 11 runs.
PBKS vs GT Live: Eyes on Punjab's openers
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab's strength lies in its Indian cricketers, which include opening batsmen Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya. However, his bat remained silent in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The middle order consists of Nihal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Suryansh Shedge who will face an excellent spin attack led by Rashid Khan.
PBKS vs GT Live: Iyer's eyes on winning the title this time
PBKS vs GT Live: For Punjab Kings, once again a lot will depend on Shreyas who has taken three different teams to the IPL final. Under his captaincy, Delhi Capitals reached the finals in 2020 and Punjab last season, while KKR won the title in 2024. Iyer definitely took Punjab Kings to the finals last season, but they had to face defeat by RCB. Despite consistent good performance, Shreyas did not get a place in the Indian T20 team and he played his last T20 for India in December 2023. Last season, he scored 604 runs while batting at a strike rate of more than 175. He could not make it to the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup team. Iyer will be eyeing a stellar performance both with the bat and captaincy.
PBKS vs GT Live: Last season Gujarat team stood third
PBKS vs GT Live: After the departure of Hardik Pandya, Gill has handled the responsibility of captaincy very well. Gujarat Titans, who won the IPL title in their debut season 2022, finished third last year. Once again the team looks quite balanced. Opener Gill and Sai Sudarshan are the biggest strengths. Sudarshan had scored the maximum 759 runs in the last season. He is returning after recovering from rib fracture, but has performed well in domestic cricket.
PBKS vs GT Live: Gill would like to prove himself
PBKS vs GT Live: India's Test and ODI captain Gill was made the vice-captain of the T20 team, but was later dropped from the World Cup team. Sanju Samson was selected in his place, who played an important role in India's title win. Since 2023, only Virat Kohli has scored more runs than Gill in the IPL, but now the focus is on strike rate rather than consistency. Gill's T20 career strike rate is 138, but last year he scored runs at a strike rate of 155. Matthew Hayden is part of the staff as batting coach. Therefore, Gill's six-hitting skills and batting will be kept an eye on.
PBKS vs GT Live: Gujarat Titans team
PBKS vs GT Live: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Tom Benton, Glenn Phillips, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Mohammad Arshad Khan, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Manav Sutar, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Luke Wood, Kulwant Hejroliya, Rashid Khan.
PBKS vs GT Live: Punjab Kings team
PBKS vs GT Live: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nihal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Harnoor Pannu, Paila Avinash, Prabhsimran Singh, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Harpreet Brar, Marco Jansen, Azmatullah Umarzai, Priyansh Arya, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Mitch Owen, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Visakh Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Praveen Dubey and Vishal Nishad.
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