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)

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Punjab Kings – Innings 2: 165/7 (19.1 overs)

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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

  1. Cooper Connolly (PBKS) – 74.3
  2. Marco Jansen (PBKS) – 57.9
  3. Prasidh Krishna (GT) – 57.7
  4. Yuzvendra Chahal (PBKS) – 53.6
  5. 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

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