Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping to carry on their winning momentum when they face defending champions Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens on Saturday (April 26). The Knight Riders beat the Titans in the reverse fixture earlier this season.
KKR are currently in the 7th position with 6 points in 8 matches, while GT find themselves 2nd in the table with 10 points after eight matches. It will be a monumental tie for the home team as another loss will leave no margin for error for them.
KKR vs GT Match Date, Time and Venue: The IPL 2023 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday (April 29). The match will start at 3.30 pm IST.
KKR vs GT Live Stream and Telecast: The IPL 2023 Match 39 between KKR and GT will be broadcast live on Star Sports network in multiple languages.
Indian viewers can also enjoy the live stream of the match through the JioCinema app and website. The viewers can enjoy the commentary in 12 Indian languages in the live stream, namely in English, Hindi, Bengali, Odiya, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi and Gujarati.
KKR Squad: Nitish Rana (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy (replacement for Shakib Al Hasan), Aarya Desai
GT Squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
It was a magical Rinku Singh knock which made KKR prevail over GT in the last meet between these two sides. Rinku hit 5 sixes in the last 5 balls to secure KKR a monumental victory earlier this season.
But since then, Kolkata have managed only one victory in five matches, while the Titans have rallied ahead with three convincing wins out of 4. As these two teams meet again, form is definitely on the Titans' side, and KKR will be aiming to get into a bit of a winning habit of their own.
The addition of Jason Roy has boosted KKR's batting, and the spinners have made their mark as well in the last game. Titans, on the other hand, will be trying to win their first-ever away trip at KKR, which will also take them to the summit of the IPL table.
Considering the squad balance and the current form, Gujarat Titans look the better side of two, but KKR can pack a punch as they hope the Eden Gardens crowd will be cheering for them, unlike the CSK match. We expect KKR to complete a double over GT and get back to the playoff contention.
These two teams have met only twice in IPL. Gujarat Titans won the solitary meet last season, and KKR have won the earlier meet this season.