Gujrat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2023 Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders secured a thrilling victory against Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League 2023 Match 13 on Sunday. The match was turned around by Rinku Singh’s impressive performance in the last over, hitting five consecutive sixes to take the Knights home by three wickets. Gujarat had earlier set a high target of 204/4 in 20 overs, thanks in part to Vijay Shankar’s remarkable fifty and a strong finish, scoring 45 runs in the last two overs. Gujarat Titans had won the toss and elected to bat first.
In their only encounter last season, GT won by eight runs. This afternoon fixture in Ahmedabad made our otherwise lazy Sunday thrilling and fun!
Indian Premier League, 2023
Gujarat Titans
204/4 (20.0)
Kolkata Knight Riders
207/7 (20.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 13 )
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Gujarat Titans by 3 wickets
GT Impact Players: Joshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Matthew Wade, Srikar Bharat
KKR Impact Players: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese
Kemon achho?
— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 9, 2023
Aap hamare ghar aaye ho, @KKRiders, mehmaan nawazi hum karenge 💙
Here’s some jalebi fafda 😋 https://t.co/uD94vb2AV8 pic.twitter.com/3lFzAReSgz
Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: R Gurbaz (WK), S Narine, N Jagadeesan, N Rana (C), R Singh, A Russell, L Ferguson, S Thakur, U Yadav, S Sharma, V Chakaravarthy
Gujarat Titans Playing XI: S Gill, W Saha (WK), S Sudharsan, V Shankar, D Miller, R Tewatia, A Manohar, Y Dayal, R Khan (C), M Shami, A Joseph
Rashid Khan has stepped up to take up the Captaincy for Gujarat Titans. Hardik Pandya is missing this game as he is “unwell”, Rashid said during the toss. Vijay Shankar is in for Hardik.
Hardik Pandya to miss this match owning to health issue. GT has won the toss and opted to bat first.
In the last match against RCB, KKR's Shardul Thakur unexpectedly emerged as the hero. The all-rounder, who usually bowls, scored an impressive 68 runs off 29 balls, including nine boundaries and three sixes. He also bowled two overs, picking up one wicket and giving away 15 runs.
Earlier, Gujarat Titans emerged victorious against Chennai Super Kings with a 5-wicket win and also defeated Delhi Capitals with a 6-wicket win. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a 7-run loss to Punjab Kings (PBKS) but made a comeback by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) with an 81-run win.
Our 2️⃣nd away game this season 👊#GTvKKR | #AmiKKR | #TATAIPL2023 pic.twitter.com/VYaSieRYMl
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 9, 2023
Gujarat Titans during practice session on Saturday ahead of their game against KKR.
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