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Wounded by Mayank Yadav's searing speed, Punjab Lords' hitters will confront a through and through various test when Gujarat Titans' bowling unit attempts to take the speed off conveyances on a somewhat precarious Motera track in their IPL match here on Thursday.

The Lords have lost their last two away games and another mistake against Titans will prompt further loss of force which will in general move rapidly because of absence of time required to circle back.

Titans, then again, are overflowing with certainty in the wake of beating Sunrisers Hyderabad exhaustively by seven wickets in their last game.

In the past match, Lords were totally scattered by Mayank's speed and a large portion of their top-request players looked unfit to confront the quick bowler, who was consistently timing 150 ticks and all the more significantly, meaning to bowl into the body of the hitters.

Be that as it may, the situation will be totally unique when veteran Mohit Sharma comes getting back to at the back-end, introducing a sense of taste of varieties.

Mohit utilizes knuckle balls, slow bouncers and wide yorkers to great impact and the current year's IPL pattern has shown that save Mayank, all speedsters, who have had the option to take pace off their conveyances, have been more effective.

It will represent an alternate sort of challenge for any semblance of Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow and Jitesh Sharma, every one of whom like the ball to hit on the bat.

On the off chance that Liam Livingstone is inaccessible for Thursday's match subsequent to supporting a hamstring niggle in the last game, it will mean catastrophe for Punjab as they would then end up losing their vital master during the demise overs.

Punjab will likewise need to manage the exactness of the unique Rashid Khan and the trickiness of Noor Ahmed, previous' left-arm adjust inner self.

The third Afghan in the line-up, Azmatullah Omarzai's overall abilities will likewise be difficult for the group.

More than Punjab's batting, it is their bowling, particularly at the demise, that has been a reason to worry.

Harshal Patel, one of their million dollar purchases, has had a terrible season so far going for an economy pace of 11.41 runs per over, having bowled his standard in every one of the three games.

Similarly disheartening has been leg-spinner Rahul Chahar, who has yielded runs at an economy pace of 11.37, and hasn't had the option to finish his amount of overs.

Once more arshdeep Singh, India's assigned demise overs yorker subject matter expert, has likewise been reprobate somewhat and it has intensified Lords' concerns.

For Titans, the exhibition against reigning champs Chennai Super Lords could be named a deviation as they have executed their arrangements pretty well.

The batting is yet to fire as one yet the bowling unit has shown its products by shielding great in opening game and limiting a rampaging SRH to a reasonable score in the last game.

Groups:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), David Mill operator, Matthew Swim, Wriddhiman Saha, Robin Minz, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Mandhar, B Sai Sudarshan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Shahrukh Khan, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Kartik Tyagi, Shshant Mishra, Spencer Johnson, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Umesh Yadav, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma and Manav Suthar.

Punjab Lords: Shikhar Dhawan (commander), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Ruler Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.