Gujarat Titans (GT) will meet Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
GT is standing at 2nd in the points table and KKR is standing at 7th in the points table.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) Analysis:
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Finally after 4 back to back losses KKR gets some relief after defeating RCB in their home. They won the match by 21 runs. In the absence of their main captain Shreyas Iyer, the team is looking a little bit unstable but their last win might boost them.
Jason Roy back to back two half centuries gives KKR a proper opening batsman to rely on. His performance in this IPL is what the team is looking for. He scored 43, 61 and 56 so far. Nitish Rana started well but couldn’t convert into a big one. Rinku Singh the nightmare against GT will once again show his class of batting. He must be the one whom GT needs to think about. Venkatesh Iyer is the team leading run scorer for his team with a total score of 285 runs with a strike rate of 150+. Russell bat is still silent and he needs to be more sounded with that.
Varun Chakaravarthy again proves his importance to the team. In his match winning spell he grabbed 3 crucial wickets by taking only 27 runs. Suyash Sharma the young talent providing wickets and also economical. His addition makes the team spin dominating. Andre Russell also showed some bowling hands against RCB by grabbing 2 wickets. Narine in his last two matches was expensive. Only headache is their pace bowling attack. They tried Ferguson, Shardul, Umesh, Arora all of them going expensive in their spells.
GUJARAT TITANS (GT) Analysis:
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With 2 back to back wins Gujarat is back in their winning tracks. Hardik’s involvement in the team motivates very much.
Shubman Gill is the leading run scorer for his team. He again scored a fifty against MI in his last match. David Miller blasting innings always takes the team score to a decent one. Abhinav Manohar’s destruction towards the end made him player of the match against MI. Hardik and Saha need to be more consistent with their batting.
Rashid and Noor Ahmad two Afghans totally dominating the bowling unit. Noor is following his fellow team mates steps and contributing an equal number of wickets. Mohd Shami, everytime he bowls he delivers a wicket each time. Mohit Sharma’s addition to the team benefits them. He mostly provides wickets in crucial times.
GT vs KKR:
They played 2 matches against each other.
| GT | KKR | |
| WON | 1 | 1 |
| HIGHEST SCORE | 204 | 207 |
| LOWEST SCORE | 156 | 148 |
Pitch Report:
This match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Due to short boundaries, high scoring runs can be scored. But it doesn’t matter if the side batting first puts up a high score and then manages to defend it.
Probable 11 for KKR:
Jason Roy, N Jagadeesan (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana ©, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Probable 11 for GT:
Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya ©, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohd Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma.
Predicted 11 top performers in the match:
Wriddhiman Saha, Jason Roy, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Hardik Pandya, Mohd Shami, Rashid Khan, Varun Chakaravarthy.