GT vs PBKS, IPL 2025 Highlights: Punjab Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 11 runs in season opener

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• 25 Mar 2025, 11:14 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Punjab Kings won by 11 runs

  Arshdeep got Tewatia run out by deflecting the ball onto the stumps. Rutherford hit a six and a double, but then got out, ending Gujarat's chances. Shahrukh Khan hit a six but Punjab won by 11 runs.

  PBKS 243/5 (20)

  GT 232/5 (20)

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 11:01 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 217/3 in 19 overs

  Rutherford hits a four towards deep third, then gets a double by hitting the ball towards cover. He then gets another four with a slash towards backward point. Rahul Tewatia faces Vyashak's first ball, swings and misses, and reviews for a no ball but it's deemed a fair delivery. Tewatia then hits a six with a slog sweep over square leg.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 10:41 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 187/2 in 17 overs

  Vyshak is bowling really well, maintaining a quick pace outside off. Punjab has successfully challenged a wide call, turning it into a legal delivery. There have already been three wides bowled this over. Rutherford also reviewed a potential no ball, but it was deemed a fair delivery. Overall, Vyshak is delivering terrific bowling, consistently keeping to a wide outside off line.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 10:34 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 169/2 in 14 overs

  Vijaykumar Vyshak replaces Priyansh Arya as impact sub. Rutherford hits a six over square leg and a four past backward point, then another six over fine leg in the same over, totaling 17 runs.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 10:26 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 152/2 in 13 overs

  Buttler hits a big six as Arshdeep returns, but Sudharsan gets out after scoring 74 off 41 balls. Rutherford comes in and scores a single, while Buttler hits a four towards cover.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 10:18 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 138/1 in 12 overs

  Sudharsan hits a four and then a six with a big shot towards midwicket. He falls to the ground with cramps but gets up to hit another four down the track.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 10:09 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 93/1 in 9 overs

  Buttler hit two boundaries off Jansen - one with an on drive and the other with a pull shot. However, Jansen finished the over strong, only allowing two singles from the last four balls.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:57 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 75/1 in 7 overs

  Jos Buttler is the new batter for GT. Sudharsan hits a four with an edged shot. Buttler scores a double and Sudharsan hits a six off a wide ball from Stoinis.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:48 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 61/1 in 6 overs

  Glenn Maxwell bowls a fuller ball, and Gill hits a four with a sweep shot. He then tries a slog sweep but only gets two runs. Gill goes for another big shot but mishits it, resulting in a catch by Priyansh Arya.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:38 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 36/0 in 4 overs

  Omarzai bowls to GT openers, who take risky singles. Sudharsan runs for a single and Gill hits a six. Then, Gill hits another six off a short ball from Omarzai.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:35 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 15/0 in 2 overs

  Omarzai bowls to Sudharsan who hits a single, Gill takes a risky single but is almost run out. Omarzai then bowls a full and straight delivery to Sudharsan who hits a six over long on, the first of the game.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:16 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: GT 5/0 in 1 over

  Sai Sudharsan and Shubman Gill start the innings for GT. Sudharsan scores a four down the leg side off Arshdeep but Arshdeep improves his line and puts pressure on Sudharsan.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 09:03 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 243/5 in 20 overs

  Siraj was bowling with Shashank and Shreyas batting. Shashank hit several boundaries including fours and doubles, preventing Shreyas from reaching his century. The over ended with Shashank hitting a four with an upper cut over the keeper.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:59 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 210/5 in 18 overs

  Shashank hits his first six over long on followed by a four towards cover.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:52 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 190/5 in 17 overs

  Prasidh bowled a bouncer and hit Shreyas on his lats, but after a quick medical check, he continued batting. Shreyas hit a SIX by pulling over midwicket, followed by a four with a slash over backward point. He then hit another SIX by pulling just over square leg, where the fielder almost caught it but was on the rope. Shreyas hit a third six of the over over covers.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:44 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 166/5 in 16 overs

  Kishore returns but Stoinis hits a six before getting out trying to reverse sweep. He scores 20 off 15 balls. Shashank Singh is now at the crease and Punjab is on track to score over 220 runs.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:40 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 156/4 in 15 overs

  Siraj returns to the pitch and gives away a six on a half-tracker to Stoinis. He then bowls a bouncer which is called a wide after a review by Punjab. Punjab reaches 150 runs with a six hit by Shreyas over fine leg. 

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:27 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 139/4 in 14 overs

  Rashid bowls a dot ball followed by a single and a sweep attempt by Stoinis. Shreyas scores a fifty with a six by reading a googly quickly and hitting it over long on. He completes his fifty in 27 balls and hits another maximum over midwicket.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:20 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 105/4 in 11 overs

  Kishore bowled well, getting Omarzai out with a catch in the deep. Glenn Maxwell was out LBW on the first ball without reviewing, and Marcus Stoinis faced a hat-trick ball but only got a single off it.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:13 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 104/2 in 10 overs

  Prasidh bowls a length ball which Omarazai hits through covers for a four. The next ball is fuller and Omarzai hits it over mid off for another four, although it was not the cleanest shot.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:05 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 96/2 in 9 overs

  Gill brings in left-arm spinner Sai Kishore against two right-handed batters. Sai Kishore bowls to Omarzai three times and gets three important dot balls.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 08:00 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 85/2 in 7 overs

  Rashid Khan started off poorly but managed to get his first wicket by tricking Priyansh with a googly, leading to an easy catch for Sai Sudharsan.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 07:57 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 73/1 in 6 overs

  Rabada bowls a full delivery that hits Shreyas on the pad, but it was outside the leg stump. The team loses a review on this decision. Later, Rabada bowls another delivery that Priyansh hits for a four through covers, and Shreyas guides one past short third for another four.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 07:49 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 63/1 in 5 overs

  Priyansh hits the bowlers with consecutive powerful shots, including a four, a six, and another four.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 07:41 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 42/1 in 4 overs

  Prabhsimran got out by hitting a top edge straight to Arshad at deep third off a Rabada delivery. Skipper Shreyas Iyer comes in and opens his account with a great straight drive for four runs.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 07:35 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 16/0 in 2 overs

  Rabada bowls to Prabhsimran who scores a single to the leg side. Priyansh then hits a ball over covers for two runs. Rabada bowls a length ball, Priyansh swings at it and the fielders fail to catch it. Prabhsimran ends the over by hitting a four.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 07:05 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: PBKS 8/0 in 1 over

  Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya start the innings for Punjab Kings against Gujarat Titans. Siraj opens the bowling for Gujarat. Priyansh Arya scores his first runs in the IPL with a four and adds more runs with leg byes off the pads.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:52 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Gujarat Titans opt to bowl

  Shubman Gill: We will bowl first. It is a good cricketing wet. There is some dew here. Just keeping it in mind. Dew is a big factor here. Big targets can be chased down. Preparation has been amazing. We have our bases covered. The bowling attack is good. Very fortunate to play at the biggest stage of the world.

  Shreyas Iyer: I would have loved to bowl. I am always some one who loves a chase. Take the challenge. there are so many familiar faces around. There is ricky. You need unity and synergy in the team. We have got a lot of all-rounders in the team. We are spoilt for choices. Since we will be batting first, we have only one spinner and three seamers.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:19 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: 

  The Titans have a strong team with players like Jos Buttler, Glenn Phillips, Kagiso Rabada, and Mohammed Siraj. With the addition of Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, and Rahul Tewatia, the squad is even stronger. They have a problem of having too many talented players in all areas of the game, making them a formidable team.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:17 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Focus on Shubman Gill

  Shubman Gill will face scrutiny this season for his leadership skills after a challenging season as captain of the GT in the IPL. Despite his team finishing in 8th place, Gill has been promoted to vice-captain of India's ODI team, which should boost his confidence.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:16 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Predicted XIs

  Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer, Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell , Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera/Suryansh Shegde, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Lockie Ferguson, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.

  Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (C), Jos Buttler, Sai Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, Glenn Philips, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:14 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: 

  GT has won 17 out of 24 games while chasing in the IPL, with a win percentage of 70.83. This is the second highest win percentage for a team in the history of the tournament, after Gujarat Lions.

  Maxwell had his breakthrough season with Punjab in 2014, but was unable to recreate that success again. In 2020, he struggled to hit a single six while playing for Punjab, who last reached the Play Offs in 2014.

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:14 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Squads

  Punjab Kings Squad: Josh Inglis(w), Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer(c), Glenn Maxwell, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Lockie Ferguson, Xavier Bartlett, Vishnu Vinod, Yash Thakur, Aaron Hardie, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kuldeep Sen, Priyansh Arya, Suryansh Shedge, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyla Avinash

  Gujarat Titans Squad: Jos Buttler(w), Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Glenn Phillips, Shahrukh Khan, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Gerald Coetzee, Sherfane Rutherford, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu

  
• 25 Mar 2025, 06:13 PM

  GT vs PBKS Live Score Updates: Hello and Welcome!

  Hello and welcome to our live blog of Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings match from Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.