KKR vs GT: Hardik Pandya‘s Gujarat Titans redeemed themselves against Nitish Rana’s Kolkata Knight Riders as they defeated them within the thirty ninth match of IPL 2023. Vijay Shankar‘s blasting fifty and David Miller’s cameo took the defending champions over the road with a 7-wicket win at Eden Gardens Kolkata. GT go on top of the IPL 2023 Points table and have now received 6 video games.
Gujarat chased down the goal of 180 comprehensively and had solely slight bother whereas batting second. They have been despatched in bother when KKR despatched each the set batters Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill again in area of 5 balls within the eleventh and twelfth overs. However, the pair of Shankar and Miller stabilised issues first earlier than launching an assault on the KKR bowlers and ending the sport in 17.5 overs.
The ultimate few overs story
KKR made a comeback after Harshit Rana and Sunil Narine took the wickets of Pandya and Gill. Miller and Shankar joined fingers and GT wanted 78 runs off 42 balls. Miller launched Suyash Sharma for 2 sixes within the fifteenth over earlier than Shankar amassed 4 sixes in two overs off Russell and Chakaravarthy. KKR captain Rana got here in to bowl the 18th over with 16 wanted and Shankar completed issues with a 4 and a six earlier than Rana missed his size to bowl a large ball.
Earlier, Powered by Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Birthday boy Andre Russell, Kolkata Knight Riders made 179 runs of their first innings. KKR didn’t begin effectively as they misplaced Jagadeesan and Thakur within the powerplay. However, Gurbaz held one find yourself and displayed his energy. He smoked 81 off 39 balls and Russell then offered his ending touches with a 19 ball 34-run knock. However, the overall regarded under-par and Russell additionally admitted that through the mid-innings.
Gujarat at the moment are on top of the IPL 2023 Points table with 6 wins in 8 video games. They have dislodged Rajasthan Royals from the top. RR have 10 points in 8 matches.
