Today at IPL 2022, PBKS vs GT: Mohammed Shami faces up in opposition to former teammates in key conflict

It shall be a high-octane battle between Gujarat Titans’ deadly tempo assault and Punjab Kings’ dynamic top-order when the 2 groups meet one another within the sixteenth match of IPL 2022 on Friday. Punjab Kings are presently positioned on the fourth place on the factors desk of this season of the Tata IPL, whereas Gujarat Titans are ranked third on the factors desk.

Lockie Ferguson will look to unleash his thunderbolts on Liam Livingstone, who had taken the CSK assault to the cleaners within the earlier sport together with his 32-ball-60. Ferguson and Mohammed Shami make for some of the potent new-ball pairs after the primary two weeks.

While senior openers Shikhar Dhawan and skipper Agarwal are but to make vital contributions, it will be an onerous job in opposition to the Titans’ assault. It is the middle-order of Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Livingstone and newcomer Jitesh Sharma, that’s anticipated to offer fireworks with M Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith on the rear.

Gujarat may face issues on the batting entrance. Shubhman Gill is the one assured batter they’ve until now. In the primary match in opposition to Lucknow, they did not need to chase a lot and the second sport noticed them defend 170 odd purely due to their opening bowling depth.

PREVIOUS MATCHES

Gujarat Titans have been fairly good and gained each their video games to this point. Their first win got here in opposition to the Lucknow Super Giants after which adopted it up with a 14-run win in opposition to Delhi Capitals. While their bowlers have been very good within the match in opposition to Delhi Capitals, on the batting entrance, Shubman Gill confirmed his class as he smashed a 46-ball 84.

Punjab of their three video games have proven that the strategy this yr could be to go hammer and tongs through the Powerplay overs and set the tempo for the remainder of the innings. They have gained two of their three video games to this point. Their all-attack strategy has been working for them, and with the inclusion of Vaibhav Arora and Kagiso Rabada, their bowling shares have been bolstered. Rahul Chahar has hit good type with the ball and this bodes properly for the facet.

IPL 2022: Full CoverageKEY PLAYERS

Liam Livingstone: The England all-rounder lived as much as his price ticket as he got here up with a match-winning efficiency within the victory over Chennai Super Kings. With the bat, he smashed 60 runs off simply 32 deliveries and hit 5 fours and 5 sixes after which returned to choose 2 wickets in 3 overs. Gujarat shall be trying to hold the flamboyant all-rounder quiet within the IPL conflict.

Hardik Pandya: Gujarat captain has been scoring runs whereas batting at quantity 4 and has additionally accomplished his quota of 4 overs in each matches gained by GT. Pandya may play a key position for his staff on this match.

PLAYING XI

Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal(captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Jitesh Sharma(wk), Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade(wk), Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya (captain), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Varun Aaron, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammad Shami

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