IPL 2025 |KKR VS GT: Huge win for Gujarat Titans against Kolkata knight Riders
Kolkata: Skipper Shubman Gill(90; 55A) and Sai Sudarshan (52; 36A) fifties helped Gujarat Titans to a 39-run victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match on Monday, aided by a combined attack of bowlers.
Further secured the top spot in the points table.Chasing 199 runs to win the match at the Eden Gardens Stadium, defending champions Kolkata did not resist at any stage and finished the challenge with 159 runs for 8. Captain Ajinkya Rahane (50;362, 4x5, 6x1) rest of the batsmen did not last long at the crease.
Rehmanullah Gurbaz (1), who was given the opener in place of Quinton de Kock, disappointed. He was shown the way by the pacer Mohammad Siraj Pavilion in the first over. Sunil Narayan (17), Venkatesh Iyer (14), Rinku Singh (17) failed again. This is the third defeat for the Kolkata team in four matches played at home.
Kannadiga Krishna, the pacer of the Titans wearing the 'Purple Cap', again shone with two wickets. Spinner Rashid Khan, who was struggling for rhythm, took two wickets.
Gill boom: Earlier, the Gujarat team lost the toss and went into bat with the brilliant play of Gill, Sudarshan and Jos Buttler and collected a good total of 196 runs for 3 wickets.Gill looked to reach his first century of the season. But Vaibhav Arora Fultos was caught by Rinku Singh at deep store leg in an attempt to fix the delivery. Gill had 10 fours and three sixes in the game.There were three sixes. Sudarshan hit six fours and one six. He scored his fifth half-century in this edition.
Gill and Sudarshan put on 114 (75A) partnership for the first wicket. The team got a good foundation but could not score runs at the expected pace in the last overs. Despite the wickets in hand, only 59 runs came from the final five overs. Buttler, who had scored an unbeaten 97 runs in the previous match, scored 41 runs in 23 balls with 8 boundaries and became unbeaten again.
Scores:
Gujarat Titans: in 20 over
198 for 3 (Sai Sudarshan 52, Shubman Gill 90, Jos Buttler 41 not out; Vaibhav Arora 1 for 44, Harshit Rana 1 for 45, Russell 1 for 13) Kolkata Knight Riders: 159 for 8 in 20 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 50, Andre Russell 21, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 26; Famous Krishna 2 for 25, Rashid Khan 2 for 25, Mohammad Siraj 1 for 32, Ishant Sharma 1 for 18, Sai Kishore 1 for 19). Result: Gujarat Titans win by 39 runs. Man of the match: Shubman Gill
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