Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, 18th match of IPL2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans, 18th match of IPL2023

Venue : PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali

Date & Time : 13th April, Thursday at 7:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 02
PBKS won - 01
GT won - 01
NR - 00
Tied - 00,

Pitch Report :

The surface at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium is a batting-friendly surface, and is expected to assist the batters once again here. Pacers might get some help towards the latter half of the match while spinners may come in handy in the middle overs. If the first few overs batsmen get out with patience without losing wickets, then they can score runs at a fast pace in the middle overs and the end overs. Along with this, the due factor is often seen in the field of Mohali. In such a situation, whichever team wins the toss tomorrow can decide to bowl first.

The average first innings score on this wicket is 170 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 32°C on the Thursday with 55% humidity and 8-10 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

Probable XI :

Punjab Kings :

Shikhar Dhawan(c), Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Mohit Rathee, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.

Gujarat Titans :

Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya(C), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid-Khan, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph.

Preview :

Punjab Kings will take on Gujarat Titans in the 18th match of Indian Premier League 2023 on April 13th, at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali. Both teams have won two matches and lost one so far. Each of them is coming into this game on the back of a defeat in their respective previous game. This should be a good contest between two teams who have looked in good form since the beginning of the tournament.

Punjab Kings are placed at the 6th spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 points table with 2 wins and one loss from their 3 matches of the league. The team has 4 points.
Shikhar Dhawan is the top run-scorer for Punjab Kings with 225 runs at a strike rate of 149. He has struck 8 sixes and 27 fours. Prabhsimran Singh has also made 83 runs at a strike rate of 176. Nathan Ellis has been the best bowler for Punjab Kings and has picked up 5 wickets while bowling at an average of 17 and an economy rate of 8.50.

Gujarat Titans are placed at the 4th spot in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 points table with 2 wins and one loss from their 3 matches of the league. The team has 4 points. Sai Sudharsan is the top run-scorer for Gujarat Titans with 137 runs at a strike rate of 133. He has struck 4 sixes and 10 fours. Shubman Gill has also made 116 runs at a strike rate of 145. Rashid Khan has been the best bowler for Gujarat Titans and has picked up 8 wickets while bowling at an average of 11 and an economy rate of 7.83.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Punjab Kings :

Jitesh Sharma :

Jitesh Sharma is the talented batter who's showing great potential in last years smashed 234 runs at an average of 29.25 with the healthy strike rate of 163.64. He has a magnificent record batting at five in T20s, with 406 runs in 14 innings at an average of 58.00 and strike rate of 196.14. Punt pick.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa is an attacking batter, he has managed to play an essential batting role for his team with a total of 206 runs in 6 matches last year along with his consistent contributions behind the stumps. He was top run getter for PBKS in first match scored 50 runs off 32 balls. Punt pick.

Shikhar Dhawan :

Shikhar Dhawan an excellent inexperienced opener for PBKS, who's the going through a magnificent form and now he's top run getter in his tournament with 225 runs at an impressive average of 225.00. He's good number against the GT In two matches, he has scored 97 runs at an average of 97.00 and strike rate of 116.90 & also played a wonderful knock off 99* runs in the last game. Default c/vc pick.

Shahrukh Khan :

Shahrukh Khan is the big hitter of the ball in Indian domestic circuit. He has played 21 matches to date in his IPL career and has scored 282 runs, with an average of 19.19, with his highest IPL score being 47 runs. Punt pick.

Liam Livingstone :

Liam Livingstone is especially known for his strong hitting ability. He was the 2nd highest run scorer of his team behind Shikhar Dhawan in last season with 437 runs at an impressive average of 36.42, SR is 182.10, which includes four half-centuries and also taken 6 wickets with the ball.Liam Livingstone smashed 64 (27) and 30* (10) against Titans last season. Livingstone will be our vice-captain because of his ability to help the side with consistent batting and bowling efforts.

Sikander Raza :

Sikander Raza is the one of the best allrounder from associated nations, who's played his 1st IPL match for Punjab Kings against the KKR and succeed to given impact ful allround performance ( 16 runs + 1 Wkt) in the first game. He is in his prime. He was one of the most dangerous all-rounders of the T20 World Cup 2022. And the condition of India will suit him and he's coming from decent PSL2023 were he's scored 223 at an average of 31.86 and also gets 4 wickets. Must have pick if plays.

Sam Curran :

Sam Curran is the star allrounder who's becomes the most expensive player in IPL history. In 15 T20s this year, he has scored just 145 runs and taken ten wickets at an economy of 8.30. A big lift in form is needed. He was scored valuable unbeaten 26* runs & also gets a wicket in the first game. Safest c/vc pick.

Matthew Short :

Matthew Short is the BPL star, and he's a very talented all-rounder and will contribute with both bat and ball. He was the second leading run getter with 458 runs an impressive average of 35.23 in 14 matches & also gets 11 wickets in the last season of BPL. He is a must-have pick if plays.

Arshdeep Singh :

Arshdeep Singh is the wicket taking pacer who's starts new season with the bang 3/19 & 2/47 and he was managed to find 10 wickets in 14 matches in the last season and he has taken just a wicket in two matches against GT at an average of 67.00 and economy of 8.38 also he has since managed to make his way to the national team with a strong T20 World Cup that should keep him motivated to start this campaign with a similar attacking threat. Good pick.

Rishi Dhawan :

Rishi Dhawan is an underrated allrounder. He has good all-round numbers on this ground. In 11 matches, he has scored 238 runs at an average of 47.60, SR 112.26 and also picked up nine wickets with the economy of 7.17. Punt pick.

Kagiso Rabada :

Kagiso Rabada is the quality pacer, who was the leading wicket-taker from his side with 23 wickets in 13 matches last season added with his ability to score decent runs to help the tail end of the batting order.

Nathan Ellis :

Nathan Ellis is the an excellent pacer who has taken 61 wickets in 44 T20s since the start of 2022, took 3/30 for Australia against India last year and he was the man of the match for his incredible bowling performance (4/30) against the Rajasthan but unfortunately gone wicketless in the last game. Good pick.

Rahul Chahar :

Rahul Chahar is the frontline spinner for PBKS who's known for his wickets taking attitude. He was took 1/12 against KKR first match & 1/28 in the last game. He has managed to get just a wicket in two games vs GT at an average of 26.00 and strike rate of 18.00. Must have pick.

Gujarat Titans:

Mathew Wade :

Mathew Wade is an experienced Australian top order wicketkeeper batter who's coming from fine performance in PSL were he's scored 224 runs at an average of 28.00 in nine innings. Will be a valuable pick from wicketkeeper section.

Wriddhiman Saha :

Wriddhiman Saha was the impressive with bat in last season. The veteran wicketkeeper smashed 317 runs with the impressive average of 31.70 and strike rate of 122.40 also includes three fifties. He's looking in good touch in first match scored 25 runs and he's played 9 matches against the PBKS and scored 188 runs at an average of 23.50. Must have pick if plays.

Shubman Gill :

Shubman Gill is a technically strong batter and he's leading contender for the Orange Cap. He now has a T20I century to his name, achieved earlier this year. Shubman has solid record at this Vanue scored unbeaten 65 runs in a inning. Gill is in superb touch now, Since 2022, Gill has scored 1047 runs in 30 T20 games at an average of 40.30 and a strike rate of 146.20. In the opening game against CSK, he scored 63 runs off just 36 deliveries and 39 runs in the last game. Shubman Gill is a brilliant opener who has scored 497 runs in just 17 matches for Gujarat Titans last year including 96(59) against the PBKS. Default c/vc pick.

David Miller :

David Miller looking in magnificent touch, seems to be hitting the ball really well in recently matches but he's will be missed few matches for GT because of national duties but back into the team with unbeaten 31* off just 16 balls in the his first game. Last season Gujarat Titans was successful in winning the title on the basis of his performance. Last year, he scored 481 runs in 9 innings of 16 matches at an impressive average of 68.71.David Miller has an excellent record at Mohali. In 30 matches, the left-hander has scored 748 runs at an average of 44.00 and strike rate of 149.60. Must have pick.

Sai Sudharsan :

Sai Sudharsan in an impressive young talent batting allrounder who's capable of playing big innings with restraint as seen in the last season were he was scored 145 runs at an average of 36.25 in just five innings and smashed two consecutive fifties (62* & 53) in last two matches. He tried his best to help the batting side after the team lost quick wickets. Punt pick.

Hardik Pandya :

Hardik Pandya is the best Indian allrounder at the moment. He was the fourth leading run-scorer in IPL 2022 with 487 runs and also took nine wickets. Hardik scored 238 runs at an average of 24.10 & also gets 7 in 13 matches against the PBKS, In this match he can play in no 4 position and he can score 30-40 runs and also took 2-3 wickets. In this match he is the safest C and VC choice for fantasy teams.

Rahul Tewatia :

Rahul Tewatia is a handy allrounder and can do job with both bat and ball, he was done fantastic job with the bat in last season smashed 217 runs at an average of 31.00 & SR 147.62. Punt pick.

Odean Smith :

Odean Smith is the hard hitting bowing allrounder. He's bowled in the middle & death overs and also able to contribute with the bat as well. He was picked up three wickets in just two matches in recently concluded T20I series against the South Africa. Punt pick.

Rashid Khan :

Rashid Khan is the T20 specialist and will be vital, as always. Rashid was the looking in good shape in recently concluded PSL & T20I series against the Pakistan and showed his class in last match gets first hat trick of this season while bowled economical. Rashid has picked up 21 wickets in 12 matches at an average of 13.40 and strike rate of 12.80 against the Punjab kings. Default c/vc pick from bowling section.

Mohammed Shami :

Mohammed Shami is a genuine pacer who's known for his accuracy and line or length like Tests matches. Shami bowled well in previous match gets a wicket and before that took 3/42. He was picked up 20 wickets with the average of 24.40 and economy of 8.00 from 16 matches in last season. Shami managed to get just 5 wickets in 7 matches against the PBKS. Must have pick.

Alzarri Joseph :

Alzarri Joseph is an attacking Caribbean pacer who's picked up six wickets in just three matches in this tournament so far and gets two wickets in the previous match. He's scalped total of 98 wickets in 80 T20 matches with the best figures of 6/12. Good pick.

Shivam Mavi :

Shivam Mavi done very well from last two IPL season, he's picked up 5 wickets in last season and scalped 11 wickets with the average of 21.20 in IPL 2021. Overall he's played 32 IPL matches so far and managed to gets 30 wickets in these. Punt pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Punjab Kings

WK :

Bhanuka Rajapaksa -

1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn,
1(1), 50(32), 28(18)*, 41(25), 24(14), 1(3), 6(6), 0(1), 3(4), 9(9),

Jitesh Sharma -

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
4(9), 27(16), 21(11), 46(24)*, 15(11), 14(14)*, 3(6)*, 50(21)*

Prabhsimran Singh -

Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
0(1), 60(34), 23(12), 8(10), 4(6), 64(36), 80(49)*, 23(20)

Batter :

Shikhar Dhawan (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
99(66)*, 86(56)*, 40(29), 37(27), 39(32), 19(16), 21(15), 12(16), 62(43)*, 5(13), 88(59)*,

Shahrukh Khan - Right Arm Off-break

5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 7dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn
4(3), 11(10), 11(7)*, 9(5), 5(9), 1(5), DNB, 11(9)

Harpreet Singh - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, DNB
27(24), 47(37), 13(22), 60(42)*, DNB

Atharva Taide - Left Arm Orthodox

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
29(22), 1(4), 4(8), 31(28), 30(17)

Shivam Singh -

Domestic
(5dwn, 6dwn), (4dwn, 4dwn), (4dwn), (5dwn, 5dwn,
(18, 45), (0, 11), (110), (9, 13)

All-rounder :

Liam Livingstone - Legbreak

5dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
1(1)*, DNB, 4(6), 20(14), 1(2)*, 29(21)*,
0/16(1), 0/21(3), 0/16(2), 0/26(3), 3/17(3), DNB,

Sam Curran - Left Arm Fast Medium

3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn,
22(15), 1(2)*, 26(17)*, 4(6), 12(16), 6(11), 2(5), 5(8),
0/14(4), 0/44(4), 1/38(3), 0/28(4), 1/15(3), 0/18(2), 2/26(4), 3/26(4),

Sikandar Raza - Right Arm Off-break

4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
5(6), 1(2), 16(13), 1(2), 23(14), 1(3), 1(4)*, 20(7), 14(8),
DNB, 0/24(2), 1/25(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/14(1), 0/21(1), 1/10(1),

Rishi Dhawan - Right Arm Medium

DNB, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 2dwn
DNB, 1(3), 7(4)*, 9(3)*, DNB , 4(7)*
0/15(1), 2/26(4), 3/25(4), 2/40(4), 0/2(1), 2/31(4)

Matthew Short - Right Arm Medium fast

1dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
1(3), 0(3), 0(4), 40(24), 39(30), 20(9)
DNB, 1/26(3), 0/23(3), 1/16(2), 0/12(1), 0/14(2)

Raj Bawa - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 5dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 3dwn
30(31), 40(17)*, 8(11)*, DNB, 11(13)
DNB, 0/57(4), 2/16(4), 1/13(2), DNB

Bowler :

Kagiso Rabada - Right Arm fast

2/50(4), 0/39(4), 0/27(3), 1/34(4), 3/22(4), 0/49(4), 3/34(4),

Arshdeep Singh - Left Arm Fast Medium

1/20(3), 2/47(4), 3/19(3), 2/16(3), 2/7(2), 1/51(4), 3/20(4), 0/37(2), 4/37(4),

Rahul Chahar - Legbreak

1/28(3), 0/31(4), 1/12(2), 2/20(4), 1/26(3), 2/18(4), 0/26(3), 0/27(4)

Nathan Ellis - Right Arm Medium

0/28(3), 4/30(4), 1/27(3), 2/26(4), 1/27(4), 1/42(4), 0/33(4), 4/27(4)

Harpreet Brar - Left Arm Orthodox

0/26(4), 0/15(2), 0/7(1), 1/28(2), 0/32(3), 0/13(3), 1/30(4), 1/16(4)

Baltej Singh - Right Arm Medium

1/43(4), 1/46(4), 3/20(4), 3/26(4), 1/17(4)

Vidwath Kaverappa - Right Arm Medium

3/44(4), 2/26(4), 1/21(4), 3/22(4), 5/11(4)

Mohit Rathee - Legbreak

0/29(2),
Domestic
2/28(10), DNB, 1/18(5), 2/38(8), 2/22(8), 1/22(7)

Gujarat Titans

WK :

Matthew Wade -

Open, 5dwn, Open, Open, Open, 4dwn, 3dwn,
0(1), 13(6)*, 53(41), 46(47), 20(14), 36(24), 15(19), 18(18),

Wriddhiman Saha -

Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open
17(17), 14(7), 25(16), 28(20),1(3), 13(15), 62(55), 7(12)

K Srikar Bharat -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open
25(22), 20(15), 5(9), 8(4), 0(2)

Batter :

Shubman Gill -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
39(31), 14(13), 63(36), 126(63)*, 11(9), 7(6), 46(26), 5(3), 7(5), 45(32), 126(55),

David Miller -

4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn
2(3), 31(16)*, 10(10), 48(22)* 11(9), 1(2), 7(10), DNB, 52(25)

Kane Williamson -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
61(52), 46(72), 61(35), 40(40), 8(13), 23(23), 3(12), 59(38),

Abhinav Manohar -

2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, 3dwn
14(8), 62(29)*, 15(8), DNB, DNB, 2(6)

Sai Sudharsan -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open
53(38), 62(48)*, 22(17), 11(10), 47(38), 64(48), 16(14), 14(9)

Urvil Patel -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
84(37), 2(7), 12(9), 40(32), 24(12)

All-rounder :

Hardik Pandya (c) - Right Arm Medium

2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
5(4), 8(11), 30(17), 15(20)*, 21(20), 4(4), 12(12), 29(27), 30(28)*, 13(13), 63(33),
0/18(3), 0/28(3), 4/16(4), 1/25(4), 0/33(3), 2/30(4), 0/13(2), 0/12(3), DNB, 0/34(3), 2/16(3),

Rahul Tewatia - Legbreak Googly

DNB, DNB, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
DNB, DNB, 15(14)*, 2(3), 27(33), 15(17), 29(17)*, 12(10)
DNB, DNB, 0/20(2), 1/36(4), 2/20(3), 0/19(3), 3/18(4)

Odean Smith - Right Arm Medium fast

5dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
11(5)*, 5(5), 4(4)*, 11(9), 0(2), 9(11), 25(12)*,
1/36(2), 2/27(2), 0/40(3), 1/27(4), 2/41(4), 2/41(4), 0/27(2),

Vijay Shankar - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
63(24)*, 29(23), 27(21), 0(2), 2(7), 13(20), 4(6),
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/1(1), 0/14(1), DNB,

Bowler :

Rashid Khan - Legbreak Googly

3/37(4), 3/31(4), 2/26(4), 1/31(4), 1/16(4), 1/15(4), 2/26(4), 2/42(4), 1/18(4), 0/30(4), 4/21(4),

Mohammad Shami - Right Arm fast

1/28(4), 3/41(4), 2/29(4), 0/39(3), 2/14(2), 1/25(3), 1/13(4), 1/27(4), 1/25(4), 3/4(1),

Alzarri Joseph - Right Arm Medium fast

2/27(4), 2/29(4), 2/33(4), 5/40(4), 1/21(2), 0/38(4), 0/28(3), 0/40(3), 2/34(4),

Yash Dayal - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/69(4), 0/12(1), 0/14(1), 0/28(3), 1/10(3), 2/18(4), 0/21(3), 0/25(4)

Shivam Mavi - Right Arm Medium fast

2/12(2), 0/11(1), 1/19(2), 0/6(1), 0/53(4), 4/22(4),

Jayant Yadav - Right Arm Off-break

0/38(4), 0/19(4), 1/18(4), 1/22(3), 2/16(4)

Joshua Little- Left Arm Fast Medium

1/45(4), 0/27(4), 1/41(4), 1/39(4), 1/37(4), 3/22(4), 2/21(4), 2/16(3), 0/45(4),

R Sai Kishore - Left Arm Orthodox

1/13(4), 3/6(4), 1/20(4), 3/7(4), 0/28(4)

Pradeep Sangwan - Left Arm Medium

1/23(2), 0/23(2), 2/19(4), 1/51(4), 3/27(4)

Mohit Sharma - Right Arm Medium

1/23(4), 2/22(3), 0/22(3), 1/30(4), 0/10(3)

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm wrist spin

0/8(1), 2/27(4), 1/27(4), 1/32(4), 0/28(4), 0/26(4),

Darshan Nalkande - Right Arm Medium

2/35(3), 0/24(2), 0/28(3), 1/36(4), 3/23(4),

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