IPL 2026 Today Match Schedule: The fourth match of IPL 2026 will be played today (Tuesday, March 31) between Punjab Kings and Titans. This match will be held at Mohali Stadium in New Chandigarh. The toss of the match will take place at 7:00 pm, while the first ball will be bowled at 7:30 pm. Both the teams have reached the venue for this important match.

Shreyas Iyer vs Shubman Gill: clash of captains

The biggest competition in this match will be between the two captains Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill. Iyer took two teams to the finals in the last two years and also won the title once. At the same time, Gill is the highest run-scorer batsman in IPL since 2020. Gill made his team champion in 2022 and played an important role in taking it to the final in 2023.

Shreyas Iyer vs Shubman Gill Record

Shreyas Iyer: 604 runs, strike rate 175

Shubman Gill: 650 runs, strike rate 155.87

However, after IPL 2025, both the players have not been very active in the T20 format. Shubman Gill was dropped from India's T20I squad as fast batsmen like Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan came into the squad. After IPL 2025, Gill played 15 T20I matches, but could not score a single half-century. At the same time, due to injury and lack of opportunity, Shreyas Iyer has not played any T20 match since the IPL 2025 final.

GT Opening Pair: Strength of Gill and Sai Sudarshan

The strength of Gujarat Titans is their opening pair of Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. Both of them scored 912 runs together in IPL 2025, becoming the third pair to score 900+ runs in a season. In this, Gill has 650 runs, while Sudarshan has 759 runs (Orange Cap winner). Both had a strike rate of 155+ and played an important role in taking the team to the playoffs.

GT Middle Order Concern: Lack of middle order

Gujarat Titans have a strong opening batsman, but the middle order is lacking. Jos Buttler is also not in form at the moment. In such a situation, the team may once again have to depend more on its openers.

PBKS Opening Pair: Contribution of Prabhsimran and Arya

The opening pair of Prabhsimran Singh and Priyansh Arya played an important role for Punjab Kings. Together they scored 532 runs, the most by an uncapped opening pair. Both of them scored 450+ runs at 160+ strike rate and helped the team reach the final.

Aggressive Approach: PBKS's aggressive start

Due to the strong middle order, Punjab Kings' openers get the freedom to play aggressively from the beginning. In IPL 2025, either Prabhasimran or Arya scored 40+ runs in 15 out of 17 matches, with the team winning 11 matches.

Match Decider: Openers will play a big role

The opening pairs of both the teams play in different styles, but both are very dangerous. The result of Tuesday's match will largely depend on the performance of these openers.

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI)

Shubman Gill (captain), B Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, M Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder/Kagiso Rabada, Rashid Khan, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj, R Sai Kishore/Ashok Sharma/Arshad Khan.

Punjab Kings (Playing XI)

Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marco Johnson, Xavier Bartlett/Ben Dwarshuis/Azamatullah Umarzai, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijaykumar Vaishakh.