PBKS Vs GT Match Facts, IPL 2026: Punjab Kings V Gujarat Titans T20 Cricket Match Today - What To Know

It's Punjab Kings vs Gujarat Titans tonight with both teams looking to set an early marker in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Six teams have already taken the field, and this PBKS vs GT clash marks the penultimate game of matchday 1, borrowing a popular footballing parlance. The opening round will culminate with Lucknow Super Giants hosting Delhi Capitals on Wednesday.

The Kings, under Shreyas Iyer, topped the league stage last year and reached the final for the first time since 2014. But they lost the title clash by six runs as Royal Challengers Bengaluru lifted their first trophy, at their expense. The Titans, with Shubman Gill at the helm, also qualified for the playoffs (3rd), but finished fourth in the final standings after losing the Eliminator to Mumbai Indians by 20 runs.

In a season interrupted by yet another India-Pakistan flare-up, both teams enthralled the fans with fascinating cricket, and they are here with renewed vigour. Expect a thriller, and why not: it's 3-3 in the overall head-to-head record. Drawn into different groups last season, Punjab Kings (Group A) beat Gujarat Titans (Group B) by 11 runs in the league stage.

Here's all you need to know about the PBKS vs GT, IPL 2026 match 4:

PBKS Vs GT, IPL 2026 Match Facts

Venue: Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh

Date: March 31, Tuesday

Time: 7:30PM onwards

Captains: Shreyas Iyer (Punjab Kings) and Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans)

On-field umpires: Abhijit Bhattacharya and Akshay Totre 

TV Umpire: KN Ananthapadmanabhan

Reserve Umpire: Parashar Joshi

Match referee: Prakash Bhatt

PBKS Vs GT, IPL 2026 Match Facts: When And Where To Watch?

This match can be live streamed on the JioHotstar app/website as well as the Star Sports network on television screens.

What Happened So Far In IPL 2026?

The 19th season of the world's biggest cricket league kicked off on March 28 in Bengaluru. Defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru humbled SunRisers Hyderabad by six wickets at home with Virat Kohli unbeaten on 69 in the chase of a 202-run target.

The following day, Rohit Sharma, another former India captain, played an equally dominating knock, 78 off 38, and helped Mumbai Indians chase down another 200-plus target (221) for a six-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders at home.

The IPL caravan then moved to north-east India to accommodate Riyan Parag's captaincy home debut, of sorts.

Elevated to the Rajasthan Royals hot seat, the Assamese all-rounder led with gumption in their eight-wicket win over Chennai Super Kings. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who just turned 15, slammed a 15-ball fifty as the inaugural champions chased down CSK's 127 all out in 12.1 overs.

Interestingly, bowlers have won the Player of the Match awards in all three matches so far.

1. Jacob Duffy (RCB) for his 3/22 against SRH: In a match which witnessed Ishan Kishan score 80 off 38, albeit in a losing cause, and Kohli achieved another record -- the first player in IPL history to cross 4000 runs in chases, the late enforcement from New Zealand made his pace bowling talk, and in a decisive manner.

2. Shardul Thakur (MI) for his 3/39 against KKR: The Mumbai pacer, who goes by 'Lord Thakur', overshadowed both Ryan Rickelton (81 off 43) and Rohit Sharma -- the openers who added 148 runs for the first wicket in 71 balls to set the tone in the chase.

3. Nandre Burger (RR) for his 2/26 against CSK: The South African didn't register the best figures (2/26) in the low-scoring match, but the back-to-back wickets of Sanju Samson (6 off 7) and Ayush Mhatre (golden duck) were enough to trump Jofra Archer's 2/19 and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's fireworks.

So, when the two teams exchange their team sheets tonight, expect a veritable list of pacers to get prominence.

Punjab Kings boast a capable pace attack featuring the likes of Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, etc., and the visitors have Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna (the highest wicket-taker in 2025), and Mohammed Siraj, to name a few, in their line-up.