GT vs PBKS Pitch Report: Will runs rain or wickets fall in Ahmedabad, know the pitch report of Narendra Modi Stadium
GT vs PBKS, IPL 2025: The 5th match of the 18th season of IPL will be played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad on Tuesday (March 25). In this match to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium, both the teams will face each other at 7:30 pm Indian time.
The command of the Gujarat Titans team will be in the hands of Shubman Gill, while the Punjab Kings team will be led by Shreyas Iyer. The performance of Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings was disappointing last season, where both the teams were at number 8 and 9 respectively with 5-5 wins and could not qualify for the playoffs. In such a situation, both the teams would like to start the current season with a win. However, for this, both the teams will also have to depend on the mood of the pitch.
Pitch Report
The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is considered favorable for batting, which provides ideal conditions for high scoring. Although fast bowlers are likely to get help in the beginning, but as the match progresses, the pitch may help the spinners.
A total of 35 IPL matches have been played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, where the team batting first has won 15 matches, while the team chasing the target has won 20 matches. Not only this, the team batting first after winning the toss has won 17 matches. At the same time, the team losing the toss has won 18 matches. The highest team score on this ground is 233/3, which was made by Gujarat Titans against Mumbai Indians in 2023. Gujarat Titans also holds the record for the lowest team score on this ground, which it made against Delhi Capitals in 2024. One match was played between the two teams on this ground, in which Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by three wickets.
Gujarat Titans Squad
Shubman Gill (Captain), Jos Buttler, Sai Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Nishant Sindhu, Mahipal Lomror, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Washington Sundar, Gerald Coetzee, Arshad Khan, Gurnur Brar, Sherfane Rutherford, Sai Kishore, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya.
Punjab Kings Squad
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vijaykumar Vishak, Yash Thakur, Marco Johnson, Josh Inglis, Lockie Ferguson, Azmatullah Umarzai, Harnoor Singh, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Aaron Hardy, Mushir Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier Bartlett, Paila Avinash, Praveen Dubey, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod.