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Gujarat Titans will face Kolkata Knight Riders today in the 63rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The match will be played at Gujarat’s home ground Narendra Modi Stadium from 7:30 pm. The toss of the match will take place at 7:00 pm. Both the teams will face each other for the first time this season.
Today will be the 13th match of the season between Gujarat and Kolkata. Kolkata won 9 out of 12 matches and lost 3. The team is on top in the points table. KKR is the first team of the season to qualify for the playoffs. On the other hand, Gujarat has won 5 out of 12 matches and lost 7, the team is at number 8 with 10 points. A win in today’s match is necessary for the Titans to maintain their playoff hopes.
Both teams will face each other for the fourth time
Titans and Knight Riders will face each other for the fourth time in IPL. Till now 3 matches have been played between the two. Gujarat won 2 and Kolkata won 1. Both the teams met once at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in that match KKR won by 3 wickets.
Sai Sudarshan GT top scorer
The performance of the GT team, which reached the playoffs in its first two seasons, has not been anything special this season. Apart from Sai Sudarshan and captain Shubman Gill, no batsman in the team is in good form. Sai Sudarshan has scored the most runs for the team. He has 527 runs in his name in 12 matches. Mohit Sharma is on top in the bowling list. He has taken 13 wickets.
Narine scored the most runs for KKR
Kolkata’s excellent form continues this season. The team’s batsmen are also in excellent form. Sunil Narine and Philip Salt have scored more than 400 runs for the team. Whereas captain Shreyas Iyer and Venkatesh Iyer have scored more than 200 runs. Narine is the team’s top scorer with 461 runs. Varun Chakraborty is the top wicket taker with 18 wickets in 12 matches.
pitch report
The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium is batting friendly. So far 33 IPL matches have been played here. In 15 matches, the team batting first won and in 18, the team chasing won. The highest team score here is 233/3, which Gujarat made against Mumbai Indians last season.
weather condition
The weather in Ahmedabad on Monday will be very hot. The sunshine will also be very bright. There is a 25% chance of rain. The temperature here can range from 29 to 40 degrees Celsius on the match day.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, David Miller, Shahrukh Khan, Matthew Wade (wicketkeeper), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Kartik Tyagi.
Impact Player: Sandeep Warrier.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy and Harshit Rana.
Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora.
