Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujrat Titans Highlights: Gujarat Titans beat Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens on Saturday. Invited to bat, young Afghanistan keeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz slammed 81 off 39 balls but KKR managed a below-par score of 179 for 7.
Gurbaz hit seven sixes and five fours in his scintillating knock while ‘birthday boy’ Andre Russell (34 off 19 balls) also used the long handle to good effect towards the end. GT chased down the target with 13 balls to spare, reaching 180 for 3 in 17.5 overs. Vijay Shankar remained not out on 51 while Shubman Gill and David Miller contributed 49 and 32 not out respectively.
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Indian Premier League, 2023
Kolkata Knight Riders
179/7 (20.0)
Gujarat Titans
180/3 (17.5)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 39 )
Gujarat Titans beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets
Vijay Shankar's impressive half-century guides Gujarat Titans to a 7-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground Eden Gardens.
The over starts by two consecutive sixers by Shankar. Hits a boundary and then again a sixer. GT need 14 runs off 18 balls to win.
David Miller dropped on 26 in Russell's over. Vijay Shankar hits a 69-metre-long Maximum to Russell. GT need 38 runs off 24 balls to win.
David Miller hits two back-to-back maximums in Suyash's over. Vijay Shankar also joins the party by hitting a four in the fifth ball. GT need 51 runs off 30 balls.
Suyash Sharma bowls a tight 13th over. KKR bowls 9 dot balls in the last 3 overs. Gujarat look for big shots as they need 78 runs off 42 balls to win.
Shubhman Gill has to depart in Sunil Narine's delivery. He was one run shy of his half-century. David Miller comes in to play. GT need 82 runs off 48 balls to win.
Harshit takes down Gujarat skipper Hardik Pandya for 26. Shubhman Gill one run shy for half-century has to wait a bit more for it. GT need 88 runs to win off 54 balls.
First ball goes for a boundary after a googly by Suyash hits batter on the leg. Another misfield by KKR results in a boundary. GT 63/1 (7)
Varun Chakravarthy bowls an economical over by giving just 5 runs in the over. GT 52/1 (6)
Andre Russell brings first wicket for KKR by dismissing Saha for 10. A chance to take out Hardik Pandya was missed followed by a misfield resulting into a boundary. GT 47/1 (5)
Saha starts Varun Chakravarthy's over with a boundary behind the wickets. In his 29-run knock so far, Gill has hit 6 boundaries. GT 41/0 (4)
Beautiful cover drive from Gill. Sheer quality. KKR takes a DRS for LBW dismissal of Shubman Gill and lose. Another electric shot for a boundary by Gill. An extra comes in the over. He ends the over with one more boundary as Harshit Rana goves 19 runs. GT 32/0 (3)
Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha start the chase after KKR posted a 180-run target. The credit goes to the explosive batting performance by the team, especially by Gurbaz. GT 3/0 (1)
Andre Russell hits a 94-metre-long maximum in the last over, followed by a boundary to take the team's total 179. Andre Russell gives a catch on the last delivery.
A good over from Jos Little was disturbed by David Wiese in the last ball by hitting a massive sixer. KKR 167/6 (19)
Russell starts the over with smashing boundary. Rinku Singh hits Noor Ahmad's ball for a maximum but Joshua Little takes a good catch on the boundary. Rinku walks back to pavilion after scoring 19 runs off 20 balls. Noor has bagged 2 wickets so far in the match. KKR 156/6 (18)
Rashid Khan faces Andre Russell in the 17th over. Russell hits 2 maximums in the over to take the team's total to 151/5 (17)
After hitting 81 runs off 39 balls, Rahmanullah Gurbaz walks back to pavilion in Noor's second delivery. Hits balls in deep mid cover where Rashid Khan takes a good catch. Russell comes in to play. KKR 137/5 (16)
Rashid Khan gives 17 runs in his over as Gurbaz smashes the ball across the ground. KKR 134/4 (15)
After the early fall of wickets, Gurbaaz (68) and Rinku (13) are currently standing strong on the pitch and keeping the scoreboard ticking. KKR 117/4 (14)
Joshua Little dismisses Venkateh Iyer for 11 bringing respite to the Gujarat camp. Captain Nitish Rana comes in to play. Hits a boundary. And then gives a catch. Rinku Singh comes in. Kolkata has now exhausted all its review. KKR 88/4 (11)
Noor starts well in his first over by giving just 4 runs. Gurbaz (52) and Venkatesh (10) on the pitch. KKR 84/2 (10)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz smashes half-century of just 27 balls in the 9th over. His explosive inning to 50 was decorated by 4 boundaries and four maximums. KKR 80/2 (9)
There is no stopping Gurbaz in the fifth over as well as he hits another sixer and a boundary, this time to Rashid. KKR 61/2 (6)
Gurbaz continues the firework in this over. Starts off with a boundary and then a Maximum! Shami takes out Shardul Thakur for duck in the last delivery. KKR 47/2 (5)
First maximum of the inning comes from the bat of Gurbaz. A 77-metre-long Maximum went to a height of 27 metre. And another sent far off into the stands in Hardik's over. KKR 36/1 (4)
Jagadeesan continues the campaign with another boundary in Shami's over but departs on the 4th ball. KKR 23/1 (3)
Jagadeesan hits the first boundary in captain Hardik Pandya's over. Hits another on the fourth delivery. Ends the over with another smash for the 3rd boundary. KKR 16/2 (2)
Jagadeesan and Gurbaz open for Kolkata Knight Riders after rain caused a 45-minute delay in the start. Shami bowls the first over for Gujarat Titans, giving just 3 runs. KKR 3/0 (1)
At the pitch after toss, GT captain Hardik Pandya said, "We will bowl first. Just because of the weather, it was bright when we came and we thought we should bat, but it has changed now. I'm pretty happy with where we are, 7 games gone, 7 more to come, we need to play good cricket and qualify for the playoffs. We will learn from the losses as well, but we just need to play some consistent cricket. We are playing the same team."