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GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans (GT) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) will lock horns in match 17 of the IPL 2024 on Thursday. The match is slated for April 4 at 7:30 pm IST and will be played at the home ground of GT at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

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Shubhman Gill-led Gujarat Titans started their IPL 2024 campaign with a solid win against the Mumbai Indians (MI) at their home ground but soon came crashing down against the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in their second match in Chennai. But, soon they redeem themselves in the next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), by chasing 163 with five balls and seven wickets to spare.

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Punjab Kings (PBKS) on the other hand, are in troubled waters. After winning just one game against Delhi Capitals (DC), they lost their next two against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). They failed to defend even 177 against RCB and could not chase down 200 against the LSG. 

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GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Head-to-head

Gujarat Titans (GT) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) have met each other on only 3 occasions in the IPL, with GT debuting in the tournament in 2022. So far, GT has won 2 matches against PBKS while PBKS has only one match against GT.

Total matches played: 3

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Matches won by Gujarat Titans (GT): 2

Matches won by Punjab Kings (PBKS): 1

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Pitch report

The pitch at the world's largest cricket stadium offers both red-soil and black-soil pitches. The black ones offer more assistance to pacers as they provide bounce. While the red ones tend to get drier soon and help spinners more. At the same time, it typically provides a lot of favour to batters.

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Weather forecast

The temperature in Ahmedabad on Thursday will hover around 36 degrees when the match starts and it will remain nearly the same throughout the game. There is no chance of rain and the wind speed will remain 13 km/h.

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Predicted playing XI

Gujarat Titans (GT): Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill (C), Sai Sudharsan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma

Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shikhar Dhawan (C), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Prediction

Gujarat Titans (GT) has better chances to win the match against Punjab Kings (PBKS). 

GT vs PBKS, IPL 2024: Match details

Match: IPL 2024, Match 17, Gujarat Titans (GT) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS)

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Live broadcast: Star Sports Network

Live streaming: JioCinema

(With inputs from agencies)