The Ahmedabad pitch has seen high scores, and both teams may prefer to bowl first.
Gujarat Titans (GT) will play their first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 against Punjab Kings on March 25 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat have a new ownership group this season but have retained most of their core players. Punjab have made changes to both leadership and squad, with Shreyas Iyer named captain and Ricky Ponting joining as coach. The GT vs PBKS Playing 11 is expected to have quite a few considerations with both teams sporting a lot of new players.
Gujarat have been consistent over the past three seasons and have the best win percentage in that period. Punjab, on the other hand, have made the playoffs only twice in 17 IPL editions. This is a key game for both teams to test their new combinations early in the season.
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The Ahmedabad pitch has seen high scores, and both teams may prefer to bowl first. The hosts will likely back their top-order stability, while Punjab may depend on their all-rounders to make the difference.
Gujarat are opening with Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler. The middle order includes Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, and Rahul Tewatia. Rashid Khan leads the spin attack, while Rabada and Siraj will handle the pace.
GT XI: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (w), Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Sai Kishore, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
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Punjab are going with a young opening pair and relies on their all-rounders in the middle. Their bowling attack has a mix of pace and spin, with Arshdeep and Chahal in the squad.
PBKS XI: Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Suryansh Shedge, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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