Cricket Highlights, 29 April: IPL 2023 (Match 39) – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans   

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans (Match 39) – Highlights

On Saturday, April 29, the 39th IPL game takes place at the home of Kolkata between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans. In that game, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and set a respectable total in the allowed 20 overs. But Gujarat Titans, who were chasing the goal, accomplished it before the allocated 20 overs were up. As a result, they won by seven wickets as they exited the field. Besides, Joshua Little won the game’s Man of the Match award for his outstanding bowling.

In the most recent game, Afghan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s bat finally set fire. With his scorching bat, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were unable to amass a significant total. However, the score was quite challenging.

Hardik Pandya, the captain of Gujarat, won the toss and decided to field and sent off KKR to bat. Besides, The Kolkata Knight Riders lost the toss at Eden Gardens, and lost the match by 7 wickets along with that, they scored 179 runs after the first innings.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Narayan Jagadeesan, the two openers, attempted to stir up trouble right away. Jagadeesan was struck out despite having scored 19 runs off of 15 balls. By 23 runs, the team’s first wicket was lost. At number three in the order, Shardul Thakur was out after 4 balls without scoring any runs. He remained, though, watching from the sidelines for some time. But Rahmanullah Gurbaz continued to bat from the other side. The second wicket fell at the team’s 47 runs.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz was out after scoring 81 runs from 39 balls while maintaining a strike rate of 207.69. He hit 5 boundaries and 7 sixes. Additionally, Venkatesh Iyer scored 11 runs off of 14 balls in his innings. In three balls, Nitish Rana scored four runs. In 20 balls, Rinku Singh scored 19 runs. David Wiese was unbeaten with 8 runs off 6 balls, and Andre Russell scored 34 runs off 19 balls. 

Rashid Khan failed miserably while bowling for Gujrat. He had previously defeated Kolkata with a hat trick, but on this particular day, he gave 54 runs for no wicket in 4 overs. However, his fellow countryman Noor Ahmed has spread the light. Two of his wickets were taken for just 21 runs. Additionally, Mohammad Shami has taken three wickets, the most for the team, for 33 runs. Josh Little took 2 wickets for 25 runs. 

Gujarat did not believe they could lose after descending to chase down the 180-run mark Kolkata threw at the Eden Gardens. With 13 balls remaining, the batsmen of the defending champions reached the target and won by 7 wickets.

Gujarat was on edge right away as they attempted to reach the 180-run target. However, Wriddhiman Saha was caught early after scoring 10 runs in 10 balls. 26 runs were scored by Hardik Pandya from 20 balls. Shubman Gill, another opener, was returned after 49 runs off 35 balls. He hit eight boundaries.

However, Vijay Shankar’s batting was the most destructive. A tornado inning of 51 runs off 24 balls was played by him. He hit 2 boundaries and 5 sixes. Also, David Miller scored 32 runs off 18 balls. Eventually, Gujarat Titans scored the required runs in 17.5 overs to win.

For Kolkata, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Harshit Rana each claimed one wicket.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Scoreboard   

Kolkata Knight Riders – 179/7 (20.0)  

Gujarat Titans – 180/3 (17.5)  

Result – Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets 

Player of the match – Joshua Little

Joshua Little

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Playing XIs