IPL 2026 Match No. 46 between GT and Punjab Kings was played at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, where GT defeated Punjab Kings by 4 wickets. Punjab Kings, after batting first, set a target of 164 runs for GT. GT chased down the target in the final over, with 5 balls remaining, and won the match by 4 wickets.
GT needed 11 runs in the last over, which were completed by Arshad Khan and Washington Sundar together, and Washington Sundar finished the match with a six to secure the victory for the team.
Even after this defeat, the Punjab Kings are still at the top of the points table. So far this season, Punjab has played a total of 9 matches, winning 6 (GT, CSK, SRH, MI, LSG, and DC), losing 2 (RR and SRH), and having 1 (KKR) match end with no result due to rain.
Talking about GT, in this season, they have played a total of 10 matches so far, out of which they have won 6 matches (against DC, LSG, KKR, CSK, RCB, and Punjab Kings) and lost 4 matches (against Punjab Kings, RR, MI, and RCB).
If we talk about this season, the Punjab Kings have been one of the most successful teams so far. However, losing two consecutive matches is not a good sign for them. In this match, Punjab scored 163 runs for the loss of 9 wickets.
In the team, only two players played good innings for their side. Suryansh Shedge scored 57 runs off 29 balls, including 3 fours and 5 sixes, while Marcus Stoinis scored 40 runs off 31 balls, including 5 fours and 1 six.
Photo: @BCCI
The rest of the players had the following performance.
- Priyansh Arya – 2 (2 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Prabhsimran Singh – 15 (14 balls), 2 fours, 0 sixes
- Cooper Connolly – 0 (1 ball), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Shreyas Iyer – 19 (21 balls), 3 fours, 0 sixes
- Nehal Wadhera – 0 (6 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Marco Jansen – 20 (11 balls), 1 four, 1 six
- Xavier Bartlett – 0 (1 ball), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Vijaykumar Vyshak – 1 (3 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Arshdeep Singh – 1 (1 ball), 0 fours, 0 sixes
In this match, GT did not deliver a very strong performance, while Punjab took the game right till the last ball and did not give up until the final over.
In this match, Sai Sudharsan played a good innings for GT, scoring 57 runs off 41 balls, including 5 fours and 1 six. Washington Sundar also performed well, remaining not out with 40 runs off 23 balls, including 5 fours and 1 six.
Photo: @AP
The rest of the players had the following performance.
- Shubman Gill – 5 (4 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
- Jos Buttler – 26 (22 balls), 1 four, 2 sixes
- Nishant Sindhu – 15 (11 balls), 0 fours, 1 six
- Rahul Tewatia – 2 (6 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Jason Holder – 5 (7 balls), 0 fours, 0 sixes
- Arshad Khan – 8 (5 balls), 1 four, 0 sixes
Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Nishant Sindhu, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Manav Suthar
Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal
