The starting lineups of the Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings both saw one alteration.
On Thursday, April 4, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Titans (GT) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will play in Match 17 of the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024). Gujarat enters the match having won their prior encounter, while Punjab has suffered defeats in their past two contests against the Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Due to injuries, Punjab had to substitute Liam Livingstone for the match, so both teams made one change to their starting lineups. The right-handed hitter, who has been hitting well this season, played a match-winning knock of 38* (21) against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the first game. In their prior match, he played a another undefeated knock of 28* (17) against LSG.
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Livingstone will be replaced by Sikander Raza, an all-round player who hasn’t played a game since the season began. On the other side, a niggle forced Gujarat to withdraw their daring batsman, David Miller. The southpaw’s match-winning hit of 44* (27) against Sunriser Hyderabad was played in their last meeting.
The season’s opening game for Kane Williamson
Miller was replaced by top batter Kane Williamson of New Zealand by GT. After missing the entire previous season due to an injury sustained in the opening game, the Kiwi star will be playing in his first game of the new campaign.
Punjab Kings (Standing XI): Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran, Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, and Shikhar Dhawan (c).
Tanay Thyagarajan, Nathan Ellis, Asutosh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, and Vidwath Kaverappa are the Punjab Kings Impact Subs.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Darshan Nalkande, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahul Tewatia, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha (w), Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar
BR Sharath, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier, Abhinav Manohar, and Manav Suthar are the Gujarat Titans Impact Subs.
