IPL 2026 Today's Match: PBKS vs GT playing 11, batters vs bowlers matchups

Both teams, after failing to win the title despite reaching the play-offs, will be aiming for a successful start to their season with a win in their campaign opener today

Last year’s runners-up Punjab Kings (PBKS) are kicking off their campaign in IPL 2026 today at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur as they host 2022 champions Gujarat Titans (GT). PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer won the coin flip for the match and invited  Shubman Gill-led GT to bat first.

 

IPL 2026: PBKS vs GT playing 11   PBKS playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal  Impact players: Priyansh Arya, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge  GT playing 11: Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (WK), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, M Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj  Impact players: Prasidh Krishna, Jason Holder, Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra 

 

Both teams, after failing to win the title despite reaching the play-offs, will be aiming for a successful start to their season with a win in their campaign opener.

 

 

Shreyas Iyer-led PBKS have one of the most well-settled and all-round squads this year, with a strong Indian batting core and plenty of overseas options to spare in the all-rounder and bowling departments. 

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GT, on the other hand, are also pretty settled on paper, with most of their core players from last season still in the mix. However, the form of their star players like skipper Shubman Gill, Jos Buttler and Rashid Khan will be a point of concern for them.

 

But before the two sides finally take the field, let’s take a look at the captaincy record of both skippers, their expected playing 11 combinations and key player match-ups for the game.

Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy record in IPL (PBKS)

• Matches: 87
• Wins: 50
• Losses: 35
• N/R: 2
• Win percentage: 58.82%

Shubman Gill's captaincy record in IPL (GT)

• Matches: 27
• Wins: 14
• Losses: 13
• N/R: 0
• Win percentage: 51.85%

 

PBKS squad for IPL 2026:

 

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Pyla Avinash, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jansen, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Yash Thakur, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Harpreet Brar, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Praveen Dubey, Vishal Nishad

 

GT squad for IPL 2026:

 

B Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (C), Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Brar, Manav Suthar, Jayant Yadav, Ashok Sharma, Jason Holder, Tom Banton, Luke Wood, Glenn Phillips, Kulwant Khejroliya, Prithvi Raj Yarra

IPL 2026: PBKS vs GT key player battles

PBKS batters vs GT bowlers

 

Batter (PBKS)	Bowler (GT)	Runs	Balls	Outs	SR	Avg
Shreyas Iyer	Rashid Khan	42	38	2	110.52	21
Shreyas Iyer	Mohammed Siraj	55	32	1	171.87	55
Shreyas Iyer	Kagiso Rabada	48	29	2	165.51	24
Marcus Stoinis	Rashid Khan	36	31	3	116.12	12
Marcus Stoinis	Mohammed Siraj	61	35	1	174.28	61
Marcus Stoinis	Prasidh Krishna	44	28	1	157.14	44
Prabhsimran Singh	Mohammed Siraj	28	18	1	155.55	28
Prabhsimran Singh	Rashid Khan	12	15	2	80	6
Nehal Wadhera	Rashid Khan	10	9	1	111.11	10
Nehal Wadhera	Sai Kishore	14	11	0	127.27	-
Shashank Singh	Rashid Khan	8	10	1	80	8

 

GT batters vs PBKS bowlers

 

Batter (GT)	Bowler (PBKS)	Runs	Balls	Outs	SR	Avg
Shubman Gill	Arshdeep Singh	72	48	2	150	36
Shubman Gill	Yuzvendra Chahal	65	44	1	147.72	65
Shubman Gill	Marco Jansen	22	18	1	122.22	22
Jos Buttler	Arshdeep Singh	68	39	2	174.35	34
Jos Buttler	Yuzvendra Chahal	52	30	2	173.33	26
Sai Sudharsan	Arshdeep Singh	34	27	1	125.92	34
Sai Sudharsan	Yuzvendra Chahal	28	22	2	127.27	14
Glenn Phillips	Yuzvendra Chahal	40	21	1	190.47	40
Rahul Tewatia	Arshdeep Singh	31	20	1	155	31
Washington Sundar	Yuzvendra Chahal	18	16	1	112.5	18

 

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