PBKS bowl against GT, Ashok and Connolly make IPL debut
Glenn Phillips, meanwhile, makes his franchise debut for GT
Punjab Kings chose to bowl vs Gujarat Titans
Punjab Kings (PBKS) have won the toss and chosen to bowl first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in New Chandigarh. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said at the toss that chasing teams had won comfortably in the practice games the team had played at the venue.
Cooper Connolly, Marco Jansen, Marcus Stoinis and Xavier Bartlett are PBKS' overseas players. Connolly is on IPL debut, and is expected to bat at No. 3 with Priyansh Arya likely to come off the Impact Subs bench and open.
Gujarat Titans handed an IPL debut to fast bowler Ashok Sharma and a franchise debut to Glenn Phillips, while leaving out Jason Holder. Phillips, Jos Buttler, Kagiso Rabada and Rashid Khan are their overseas players.
Punjab Kings: 1 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 2 Cooper Connolly, 3 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 4 Nehal Wadhera, 5 Shashank Singh, 6 Marcus Stoinis, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Xavier Bartlett, 9 Vyshak Vijaykumar, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal. Impact Player options: Vishnu Vinod, Suyansh Shedge, Harpreet Brar, Praveen Dubey, Priyansh Arya.
Gujarat Titans: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Sai Sudharsan, 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Washington Sundar, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Shahrukh Khan, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Ashok Sharma, 11 Mohammed Siraj. Impact Player options: Jayant Yadav, Manav Suthar, Prasidh Krishna, Kumar Kushagra, Jason Holder.