Mullanpur, March 31 -- Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to field first against Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign opener at New Chandigarh in Punjab on Tuesday.

PBKS, the last year's runners-up, will be aiming to go one step further and seal a historic maiden IPL title this season under the leadership of skipper Shreyas Iyer and coach Ricky Ponting, and the road towards the gold starts from here.

For GT and skipper Shubman Gill, this season holds just as much significance as they eye their second title after last year's playoffs finish. Gill, India's ODI and Test captain, has a point to prove that he belongs to the T20I team as well, having missed out on the T20WC after a l...