Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans Match Report – IPL 2026 | Statz Cricket
8th April 2026
Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans – IPL 2026, 7th Match
Date: Tuesday, 31 March 2026 | Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, Chandigarh | Toss: Punjab Kings won the toss and chose to field
Result: Punjab Kings won by 3 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)
Gujarat Titans – Innings 1: 162/6 (20 overs)
Top Batters:
- Shubman Gill – 39 (27) | 4s: 6, 6s: 0 | SR: 144.44
- Jos Buttler – 38 (33) | SR: 115.15
- Glenn Phillips – 25 (17) | SR: 147.06
- Washington Sundar – 18 (16) | SR: 112.5
Key Bowling (Punjab Kings):
- Vijaykumar Vyshak – 4-0-34-3 | Econ: 8.5
- Yuzvendra Chahal – 4-0-28-2 | Econ: 7.0
- Marco Jansen – 4-0-20-1 | Econ: 5.0
Punjab Kings – Innings 2: 165/7 (19.1 overs)
Top Batters:
- Cooper Connolly – 72* (44) | 4s: 5, 6s: 5 | SR: 163.64
- Prabhsimran Singh – 37 (24) | SR: 154.17
- Shreyas Iyer – 18 (11) | SR: 163.64
Key Bowling (Gujarat Titans):
- Prasidh Krishna – 4-0-29-3 | Econ: 7.25
- Rashid Khan – 4-0-29-1 | Econ: 7.25
- Washington Sundar – 3.1-0-27-1 | Econ: 8.71
Match Verdict
A tight finish at Mullanpur saw Punjab Kings squeeze home by 3 wickets with Cooper Connolly the hero – his unbeaten 72 off 44 steering the chase after a mid-innings wobble. Prasidh Krishna's three wickets threatened to derail PBKS, but Connolly and Xavier Bartlett (11* off 5) held their nerve. Marco Jansen's tidy 1/20 off 4 had earlier restricted Gujarat to a below-par 162.
Statz Ratings – Top 5
- Cooper Connolly (PBKS) – 74.3
- Marco Jansen (PBKS) – 57.9
- Prasidh Krishna (GT) – 57.7
- Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS) – 53.6
- Vijaykumar Vyshak (PBKS) – 49.5
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Playing XI
Punjab Kings: Arshdeep Singh, Cooper Connolly, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Iyer (c), Vijaykumar Vyshak, Xavier Bartlett, Yuzvendra Chahal
Gujarat Titans: Ashok Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Jos Buttler (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudharsan, Shahrukh Khan, Shubman Gill (c), Washington Sundar