IPL 2026 GT vs PBKS Playing 11: Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings in the 46th match of the IPL 2026 on May 03 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Punjab Kings had an impressive season, securing 6 wins out of 8 games with one match abandoned due to rain.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans have five wins out of 9 games and had a mixed season and will be aiming for finishing in top four.

Punjab Kings is currently at the top position while, Gujarat Titans is in the 5th position of the IPL 2026 points table.

Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have met on 7 occasions where PBKS have four wins while Titans have three wins.

Gujarat Titans won the toss and opted to bowl. Speaking at the toss, GT captain Shubman Gill said, “We’re gonna bowl first. I think we have been chasing well in the past few games and our bowling has been top-notch, so we thought we’ll continue with the momentum.”

“Yeah, definitely in the last match, we spoke about our middle-order finishing the game and I think our Rahul bhai, batting in the middle, it was magnificent (to) watch and him finishing the game was exactly what we talked about.”

“Yeah, I think initially to start with there’s something in it for the bowlers, particularly on this kind of a wicket. So hopefully we’ll also see how it pans out. I think it’s all about, especially in a tournament like IPL, such a long tournament, it’s all about peaking at the right time and I think we are doing that.”

“And I still feel our best game is yet to come, so I hopefully it’s gonna be this one. (No changes?) One change – Nishant Sindhu makes his debut,” concluded Shubman Gill.

Meanwhile, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “It (the pitch) looks beautiful. Some grass on the wicket and probably would extract a little bit of bounce considering it’s the black soil. Pretty much unusual, but yeah we have played on this wicket before, but it looks beautiful.”

“Yes, X (Xavier) comes in and Vyshak comes in as well in the bowling side. But apart from that, I feel that it’s not frustration, it’s just that you have learning in every game. And it’s an intense league, honestly speaking.”

“We travel, we have to come up fresh for the next game. So it takes a lot of efforts in the practice session as well.

It’s just that we haven’t been able to execute the way we were supposed to, but it’s just another game right now and we will see to it that we put our best foot forward and execute to the best of our abilities,” concluded Punjab Kings.

IPL 2026 GT vs PBKS Playing 11

Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar.

Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh(w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.