Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets.
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The 39th Match of the Indian Premier League 2023 was played today between Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. In which Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and invited Kolkata Knight Riders to bat first, Kolkata Knight Riders batted first, started the inning not very well, N Jagadeesan and Rahmanullah Gurbaz came to start the inning, the first wicket has dismissed for 23 runs in 2.5 over, N Jagadeesan dismissed for 19 runs in 15 balls, next batsman Shardul Thakur came to bat and he dismissed without scoring in just 4 balls as second wicket in last ball of the 5th over, next batsman Venkatesh Iyer came to bat and he good strike rotate with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the third wicket has dismissed for 84 runs in first ball of the 11th over, Venkatesh Iyer dismissed for 11 runs in 14 balls, followed by Nitish Rana came to bat and he dismissed just for 4 runs in 3 balls as fourth wicket in 10.4 over, the team score was 88 runs, next batsman Rinku Singh came to bat and played well with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, the fifth wicket has dismissed for 135 runs in 15.2 over, Rahmanullah Gurbaz dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 81 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 5 boundaires in just 39 balls, next batsman Andre Russell came to bat, after a while the sixth wicket dismissed for 156 runs in 17.3 over, Rinku Singh dismissed for 19 runs in 20 balls, followed by David Wiese came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 8 runs in 6 balls, and Andre Russell was dismissed after playing a brilliant quick inning of 34 runs with the help of 3 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 19 balls in final ball of the inning as seventh wicket. In this way, Kolkata Knight Riders scored 179 runs after losing 7 wickets in the prescribed 20 overs and set a target of 180 runs for Gujarat Titans.
Gujarat Titans bowlers Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets for 33 runs, Noor Ahmad 2 wickets just for 21 runs, and Joshua Little 2 wickets just for 25 runs.
Gujarat Titans chasing 180 runs in the second inning, achieved the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in the fifth ball of the 18th over. Gujarat Titans started the inning very well, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill came to start the inning and gave good start, the first wicket has dismissed for 41 runs in first ball of the 5th over, Wriddhiman Saha dismissed just for 10 runs in 10 balls, next batsman Hardik Pandya came to bat and handled the inning with Shubman Gill, the second wicket has dismissed for 91 runs in 10.4 overs, Hardik Pandya dismissed after scoring 26 runs with the help of 1 six and 2 boundaires in just 20 balls, followed by Vijay Shankar came to bat, in meanwhile the third wicket has also dismissed for 93 runs in 11.2 over, Shubman Gill dismissed after playing a very brilliant inning of 49 runs with the help of 8 boudaries in just 35 balls, next batsman David Miller came to bat handled the inning and took the match to the victory with Vijay Shankar, Vijay Shankar played a very brilliant unbeaten quick half-century and victory inning of 51 runs with the help of 5 sixes and 2 boudnaires in just 24 balls, and David Miller also played a very brilliant quick unbeaten voctory inning of 32 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 18 balls. In this way, Gujarat Titans chased the target very easily by losing just 3 wickets in just 17.5 overs and won the match by 7 wickets.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowlers Harshit Rana got 1 wicket for 25 runs in 3 overs, Andre Russell 1 wicket for 29 runs in 3 overs, and Sunil Narine 1 wicket for 24 runs in 3 overs.
Gujarat Titans bowler Joshua Little was selected as the best player of the match, he performed very brilliant bowling took 2 wickets just for 25 runs in his spell.
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