After losing four games in a row Kolkata Knight Riders finally returned back to their winning ways as they got 21 run win against Royal Challengers Bangalore. They are currently on the seventh position on the points table of IPL with six points as they have won three games out of 8 matches. Whereas Gujarat Titans have now won two games in a row as they got a 55 run victory against the five time champions against Mumbai Indians. They have won 5 matches out of the 7 matches played till now.
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IPL Match 2023 Teams: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Captains: Nitish Rana is going to lead Kolkata Knight Riders
Hardik Pandya will lead Gujarat Titans
When: April 29th, 2023 Match is going to start at 3:30 p.m. IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, kolkata
Head to head of these two teams from IPL: Both the teams have met each other on 2 occasions where Kolkata Knight Riders has won 1 match whereas Gujarat Tiatns have won 1 match.
Likely playing XI
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya ©, Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
On Bench: Kane Williamson, J Little, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, J Yadav, MS Wade, Urvil Patel, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Odean Smith, Shivam Mavi, DG Nalkande, PJ Sangwan, D Shanaka, Alzarri Joseph, Sai Sudarshan
Kolkata Knight Riders: Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana ©, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
On Bench: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, H Rana, K Khejroliya, LH Ferguson, AS Roy, Shardul Thakur
New rules Impact player: Both captains of GT and KKR will have a list of four substitute and one of them can be called in as the impact player to bat and bowl Name playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick playing 11 they have pre decided depending upon the outcome of the toss.
Pitch report
The pitch of the Eden gardens is a very high scoring venue with the average first inning score of 216. Spinners are ruling this venue as they have picked 15 out of 28 wickets in two matches till now. There should be some help with the new ball for the fast bowlers. Chasing would be preferred option after winning the toss.
Most probable best performers in GT vs KKR
Probable best batsman: Jason Roy
Probable best bowler: Mohit Sharma
Weather forecast for today in Kolkata
Maximum temperature: 35°C Minimum temperature: 27°C Wind speed: 8km/h Chances of rain: 20% Capacity of stadium: 68,000 Prediction to win: Gujarat Titans is most likely to win the match
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