Kolkata face Challenge of Settled Gujarat Titans, Pitch Report, Playing 11

The 39th Match of the Indian Premier League(IPL) 2023, will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 29th April. So after losing 4 consecutive matches Kolkata Knight Riders finally won the match against RCB as on batting first scored 200 runs, Jason Roy once again continued his good form as he scored 56 runs and later Nitish Rana too played attacking innings of 48 runs. In the second innings again their spinners choked the RCB Batsmen as Varun Chakravarthy picked up 3 wickets along with Suyash Sharma and Andre Russell both picked up 2 wickets each as KKR won the match by 21 runs. On the other hand Gujarat Titans have been comfortably placed at the second position of the points table as after playing 7 games they have won 5 out of it. In the previous match against Mumbai Indians on batting first scored 207 runs, first Shubham Gill scored 56 runs and then David Miller with his 46 runs but the hero was Abhinav Manohar who scored 42 runs in just 21 balls. In the second innings Bowlers did well as Noor Ahmed picked up 3 wickets, Rashid Khan and Mohit Sharma picked up 2 Wickets each as Gujarat Titans won the match by 55 runs. 

MATCH DETAILS:

Kolkata Knight Riders Vs Gujarat Titans:

Date: 29th April 2023, Saturday 

Time: 03:30 PM (IST)

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata.

Capacity: 63,000

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

PITCH REPORT :

Previous match at the Eden Gardens we witnessed the 1st innings score of 235 runs as it was a high scoring encounter. Fast bowlers were getting pace from the surface and for batters it was a delight as it was a flat surface. Teams winning the toss will opt to bowl first and it will be another high scoring match.

POSSIBLE PLAYING 11:

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS:

Nitish Rana(C), Jason Roy, N Jagadeesan(wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy. 

GUJARAT TITANS:

Hardik Pandya(C), Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha(wk), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, Mohit Sharma.

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD :

Total Matches Played: 2

Kolkata Knight Riders: 1

Gujarat Titans: 1

Abandoned: 0

No Result : 0