  In this paper, we investigate the generalized Saez-Ballester scalar-tensor
theory of gravity via Noether gauge symmetry (NGS) in the background of Bianchi
type I cosmological spacetime. We start with the Lagrangian of our model and
calculate its gauge symmetries and corresponding invariant quantities. We
obtain the potential function for the scalar field in the exponential form. For
all the symmetries obtained, we determine the gauge functions corresponding to
each gauge symmmetry which include constant and dynamic gauge. We discuss
cosmological implications of our model and show that it is compatible with the
observational data.
