Can Gujarat Titans continue their winning form?, Pitch Report, Playing 11

The 13th Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on 9th April. So The Gujarat Titans return at their home, playing 2 games till now have won both matches and in the same scenario chasing the target. In the previous match against Delhi Capitals on bowling first restricted them to 162 runs, Rashid Khan along with Mohammad Shami both picked up 3 wickets each and Alzarri Joseph also picked up 2 wickets. While chasing the total their faith in Sai Sudharsan paid off as he played a good unbeaten knock of 62 runs and later David Miller finishing touch of 31 runs helped Gujarat Titans to chase the total comfortably. On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders are flying high as they beat RCB in their previous match by a huge margin of 81 runs, on batting first Gurbaz provided a good start as he scored 57 runs but KKR were at 89/5 at a moment but then came Shardul Thakur show as his attacking knock of 68 runs in just 29 balls along with him Rinku Singh 46 runs helped KKR to reach 204 runs. On defending the target their spinners were outstanding first Sunil Narine with 2 wickets, then Varun Chakravarthy with 4 wickets and then their impact player Suyash Sharma with 3 wickets broke down RCB batting as KKR won the match.

MATCH DETAILS :

Gujarat Giants Vs Kolkata Knight Riders:

Date: 9th April 2023, Sunday  

Time: 03:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad .

Capacity: 132,000

Live Streaming Platform: Star Sports and Jio Cinema (for online streaming).

PITCH REPORT :

In The Narendra Modi Stadium spinners can also come into play as the match progresses, in the last match played here it was a good batting surface as we were able to see the average score of 180 runs and the team that wins the toss is likely to bowl first, keeping the dew factor in mind. 

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

GUJARAT TITANS:

Hardik Pandya(C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little.

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:

Nitish Rana(C), Mandeep Singh, R Gurbaz(wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 1

Gujarat Titans: 1

Kolkata Knight Riders: 0

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0