GT vs PBKS IPL 2026 LIVE Score: Siraj snaps up Arya and Connolly in same over, Punjab (27/2) vs Gujarat in Ahmedabad
PBKS were unbeaten for seven matches before finally falling to a six-wicket defeat to the Rajasthan Royals in their last match. That was also the last league game that they played in Mullanpur. They have hitting power throughout their ranks. GT, on the other hand, depend on their top-order to make a bulk of the runs while their bowling lineup consisting of the likes of Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj and Rashid Khan do the rest.
PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer in action. (CREIMAS FOR IPL)
Punjab Kings tasted their first defeat of the season, in much the same way as it had meted out defeats to their opponents. The master-chasers were out-chased, when defending 224. Captain Shreays Iyer took the defeat stoically and said during the presentation: “Tonight just was not our day, one of those days where it did not go our way.”
He praised the batters for the application they showed on a surface he termed “tacky”, where the odd one ball kept low and slow. “I think 224 was a brilliant score – kudos to the batters. It was an exceptional performance on this pitch, which was tacky and slow. We fell short in our execution (with the ball). If you have a certain plan set, when you execute it well, you triumph. We had planned to bowl a lot of slower ones, pace off, yorkers. I think we fell a bit short over there.” READ MORE.