Gujarat Titans Vs Kolkata Knight Riders: On Sunday, April 9, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, the 13th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) ongoing edition will witness Gujarat Titans competing against Kolkata Knight Riders. Gujarat has exhibited some captivating cricket in the tournament so far and triumphed in both of their games. They are keen to showcase another remarkable performance in the forthcoming game, aiming to secure their third consecutive victory.
In contrast, Kolkata Knight Riders did not have a promising start to their IPL 2023 season, having lost their first game against the Punjab Kings. Nevertheless, Nitish Rana & his team demonstrated exceptional spirit in the next match and won by a significant margin of 81 runs against the Royal Challengers Bangalore. They aim to sustain their form and momentum in the upcoming game against the defending champions.
Match: Gujarat Titans Vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 13 IPL 2023
Date: 9th April 2023
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Pitch Condition: The Narendra Modi Stadium has been consistent in offering a favourable batting surface that has remained unchanged during the entire 40 overs of the match. Despite this, teams have opted to chase the target. Interestingly, in the last three IPL games played at this venue, the team chasing the total has emerged victorious every time. As a result, the team that wins the toss in the upcoming match may consider bowling first.
Gujarat Titans Vs Kolkata Knight Riders Probable Playing XIs
Gujarat Titans (GT) : Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph
Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR ) : Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Team performance in the Past Matches
In IPL 2022, the match between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders was an exciting one that went down to the wire. Titans captain, Hardik Pandya played a pivotal role in leading his team to a total of 156 for 9 in the first innings with an impressive knock of 67 runs off 49 balls, which included two sixes and four boundaries.
KKR had a shaky start in their chase and were at 108/7 after 15.2 overs, making the target seem difficult to achieve. However, KKR’s Andre Russell started hitting boundaries and the game became intense. He scored 48 runs off 25 balls, but unfortunately got out, leaving KKR eight runs short of the target set by Titans. In the end, Gujarat Titans emerged victorious by eight runs.
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Wicket keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: David Miller, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sai Sudarshan
All Rounders: Sunil Narine, Hardik Pandya, Rahul Tewatia
Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Rashid Khan, Shardul Thakur
Captain: Rashid Khan
Vice-Captain: Hardik Pandya
Wicket keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: David Miller, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan
All Rounders: Sunil Narine, Hardik Pandya, Andre Russell
Bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Shardul Thakur, Varun Chakravarthy
Captain: Varun Chakravarthy
Vice-Captain: Hardik Pandya
