By Admin 
In the fourth match of IPL 2026, Punjab Kings defeated Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets. Cooper Connolly became the hero for the team. Connolly scored 72 runs in 44 balls with the help of 5 fours and 5 sixes. In the match, Gujarat, batting first, put 162 runs on the board for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Punjab’s challenge will not be easy for Gujarat. Punjab had done wonders till last season and secured a place in the finals. However, Punjab, captained by Shreyas Iyer, had to face defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the title match.
Who is ahead in head to head
Talking about the head to head record of both the teams, 6 matches have been played between the two so far. In these matches, both the teams have won 3-3 matches. In this record, both the teams look equal to each other. However, if we look at the last season, a match was played between the two, in which Punjab won by 11 runs.
Gujarat Titans squad for the tournament
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, M Shahrukh Khan, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Jason Holder, Luke Wood, Washington Sundar, Tom Banton, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat, Manav Suthar, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan, Gurnoor Brar, Nishant Sindhu, Ashok Sharma.
Punjab Kings squad for the tournament
Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Azmatullah Omarzai, Marcus Stoinis, Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Ben Dwarshuis, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marco Johnson, Vijaykumar Vishak, Lockie Ferguson, Vishnu Vinod, Praveen Dubey, Xavier Bartlett, Yash Thakur, Nehal Vadhera, Harpreet Brar, Cooper Connolly, Mitchell Owen, Harnoor Singh, Musheer Khan, Payla Avinash, Vishal Nishad.