Match Preview
In the 13th game of the IPL, it will be Gujarat Titans up against the Kolkata Knight Riders at Ahmedabad.
Additionally, both these sides have some great players in their ranks who are very useful.
Furthermore, talking about their previous games, the Gujarat Titans won theirs against Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets in Delhi.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore at home by 81 runs while they lost their opening game to Punjab Kings by 7 runs.
Currently, Gujarat Titans are in the second position in the points table with two wins while KKR is in 4th.
For KKR, they would now like to vanquish the hosts tomorrow at Ahmedabad while Gujarat Titans will look to get to their top spot.
Therefore, we will get a good game between these two sides tomorrow and it can be a high-scoring one.
Match Details
Match: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 13
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Date: 9th April 2023
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
The surface at Ahmedabad is a batting-friendly wicket and tends to remain the same throughout the game. But, teams have preferred chasing at this venue more than batting first. Looking at the last three IPL games here then, the chasing side has won all three times. Therefore, the team winning the toss should look to bowl first at this venue.
Full Squads for Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 13
Gujarat Titans
Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Dasun Shanaka, Hardik Pandya (c), Odean Smith, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Matthew Wade (wk), Srikar Bharat (wk), Urvil Patel (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Alzarri Joseph, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal
Kolkata Knight Riders
Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Litton Das (wk), Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Probable Playing XI for Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Gujarat Titans
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Joshua Little, Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph
Kolkata Knight Riders
Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Probable Winner
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that this is going to be an even contest between these two sides in the afternoon.
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