Gujarat Titans are poised to play Punjab Kings after experiencing the wrath of Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh in their previous match.
Gujarat Titans are poised to play Punjab Kings in their second IPL 2023 match on Thursday in Mohali, after experiencing the wrath of Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh in their last match. Regular skipper Hardik Pandya was unable to play against KKR due to illness, therefore spinner Rashid Khan took over as captain. KKR was chasing 205 and needed 29 off the last over when Rinku Singh hit five sixes off Yash Dayal to give his team a three-wicket win.
On that exhilarating night, GT had multiple heroes, including youthful Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, and the hat-trick man from Afghanistan Rashid Khan, who captained the side in place of the ailing Hardik Pandya. The club is anticipated to make a few changes as Hardik returns to the lineup.
GT, who is presently fourth on the standings with four points from three games, still have a fantastic chance to top the table, but they will need to work together against PBKS, who is quickly emerging as one of the most difficult sides to overcome.
GT would be wary of Dhawan’s form, and Hardik would understand how eager the veteran Delhi player would be to show himself once more. This might be a game of one-upmanship between Dhawan and Shubman Gill, with the former still looking to prove himself and earn a spot in India’s squad for the ODI World Cup later this year.
The way Dhawan and his youthful opening partner Prabhsimran Singh have blasted off in powerplays suggests that they are unlikely to change their plan against GT, who have bowlers of the level of Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, and Rashid Khan, to name a few.
Gujarat Titans Predicted Squad:
Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Sai Kishore, Joshua Little, Mohammed Shami
