GT vs PBKS IPL 2025 live cricket score: Captain Shreyas hits fifty as Punjab put the pressure on Titans
GT vs PBKS IPL 2025 live cricket score: Shreyas Iyer will be kickstarting his association with Punjab Kings in his reunion with Ricky Ponting. Ponting wants this Punjab team to be the best till now and he would be knowing that he has his task cut out for that.
Titans will be led by Indian star Shubman Gill for the second season in a row now. The Titans had qualified for the playoffs in their first two seasons in 2022 and 2023 (winning in 2022), however, they finished seventh in their last season. Gill will be looking to course correct that in this season.
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Stoinis is gone. Tried one too many and pays the price. After a six down the ground, he goes reverse and ends up hitting this to the palms of the short third. Sai Kishore with his third now.
Iyer gets to his fifty. What a form this man is in. This didn’t connect that well but there was enough in it to clear the long-on. He is taking the risk against Rashid. A 26-ball fifty for the new PBKS captain.
Maxwell comes and goes on golden duck. He attempts a reverse but is beaten all ends and is hit on the hip. He isn’t reviewing this. Sai Kishore gets two-in-two. Stoinis is now in
Omarzai has come out with a good intent as he is unleashing his strokes. Two fours in the 10th over and GT have breached the 100-run mark.
End of a fine knock from the young Priyansh Arya. Rashid has the wicket as he gets the youngster caught at covers. Omarzai is now in.
Prabhsimran wasn’t looking good at all there. He has been caught at deep third as Rabada gets the first one of the match.
Priyans Arya, the debutant, hit a four off the second ball. Four leg byes as eight comes off the first over.
The two PBKS openers – Prabsimran and Priyansh – are out in the middle. Siraj has the new ball in hand. Off we go
Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Nehal Wadhera, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod
Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Sherfane Rutherford, Glenn Phillips, Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat and Washington Sundar.
Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
I would have loved to bowl. I am always someone who loves a chase. Take the challenge. There are so many familiar faces around. There is Ricky. You need unity and synergy in the team. We have got a lot of all-rounders in the team. We are spoilt for choice. Since we will be batting first.
We will bowl first. It is a good cricketing wet. There is some dew here. Just keeping it in mind. Dew is a big factor here. Big targets can be chased down. Preparation has been amazing. We have our bases covered. The bowling attack is good. Very fortunate to play at the biggest stage of the world.
Shubman Gill has won the toss and he has decided that his team will be bowling first.
We are moments away from the toss. The captains will be in the center in a few minutes from now
Punjab have a pretty strong all-round attack which features the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen and Aaron Hardie. They have Shreyas, Yuzvendra Chahal and Arshdeep Singh too. They look solid on paper, too.
GT have a solid bowling attack with a good batting line up too. Their bowling stocks include Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, among others. They have Gill, Buttler, Glenn Phillips, Sai Sudharsan, Washington Sundar in their batting charts.
New head coach Ricky Ponting wants this Punjab team to be the best that has ever played. They have the arsenal for that with a line-up loaded with all-rounders and other specialists who know their job on finger tips. As RCB, this franchise is also looking for their maiden glory (and DC and LSG too). Will 18 be the charm for them?
Punjab has a new captain, again. This isn’t new for them as they chop and change their leadership so often. Shreyas Iyer will be the 17th captain the franchise will have in the 18th season. Not for the first time, Punjab are looking strong again. They have stars like Shreyas, Yuzvendra Chahal, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis and Lockie Ferguson and are a good team. They are up against Gujarat Titans, who have a pretty solid bowling line-up. These two teams face each other in their opener. Stay tuned for all the updates.
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