Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League 2024 - Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, 17th Match, 4th April 2024

Here are the Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions for Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings, 17th Match, Indian Premier League at Ahmedabad, 04, April 2024.

In the recent head-to-head T20 matches, Gujarat Titans have won 2 out of the last 3 encounters against Punjab Kings.

Among the Gujarat Titans squad, David Miller has been the highest T20 run-scorer in the last 2 years with 1763 runs, followed by Shubman Gill with 1687 runs.

For Punjab Kings, Rilee Rossouw leads the chart as the highest T20 run-scorer with 1988 runs, followed by Liam Livingstone with 1621 runs.

In terms of bowling, Rashid Khan has been the standout performer for Gujarat Titans with 100 wickets in the last 2 years, while Nathan Ellis leads the bowling attack for Punjab Kings with 103 wickets.

The historical venue stats for T20 matches in the last 2 years at Ahmedabad indicate an average first innings score of 186 runs and the highest first innings score of 234 runs.

With the weather forecast predicting overcast clouds during the match, the conditions might favor the bowlers.

Considering all factors, our win predictor gives Gujarat Titans a 52 percent chance of winning the match against Punjab Kings.

Key Battles:

* Shikhar Dhawan vs Rashid Khan: Innings - 7, Dismissals - 4, Runs = 53, Avg - 13.25

* Liam Livingstone vs Rashid Khan: Innings - 11, Dismissals - 4, Runs = 109, Avg - 27.25

* Rilee Rossouw vs Rashid Khan: Innings - 9, Dismissals - 4, Runs = 52, Avg - 13.00

* Shikhar Dhawan vs Mohit Sharma: Innings - 10, Dismissals - 4, Runs = 76, Avg - 19.00

Squads

Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill (c), Mohammed Shami, Azmatullah Omarzai, Spencer Johnson, Kartik Tyagi, Josh Little, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Sushant Mishra, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Kishore, Sai Sudharsan, M Shahrukh Khan, Vijay Shankar, BR Sharath, Mohit Sharma, Manav Suthar, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, Kane Williamson, Jayant Yadav, Robin Minz, Umesh Yadav

Punjab Kings- Shikhar Dhawan (c), Arshdeep Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa, Liam Livingstone, Harshal Patel, Prabhsimran Singh, Prince Choudhary, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Ashutosh Sharma, Jitesh Sharma, Shashank Singh, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Vishwanath Singh, Atharva Taide, Tanay Thyagarajan, Chris Woakes

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Gujarat Titans

Who will win?- Punjab Kings

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings), Sai Surdharsan (Gujarat Titans)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Rahul Chahar (Punjab Kings), Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans)

Most Sixes – Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings), Sai Surdharsan (Gujarat Titans)

Player of the Match- Shikhar Dhawan (Punjab Kings)

Team Scores Batting first - Punjab Kings 165+ Gujarat Titans 160+

Match Handicap: Punjab Kings

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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