IPL 2023 KKR vs GT: In the 39th league match of the 16th season of IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are clashing with Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Eden Gardens ground. In this match, the Kolkata team, batting first, scored 179 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. For KKR, Rahmanullah Gurbaz played an excellent inning of 81 runs in 39 balls, while birthday boy Andre Russell, who came out to bat in the last over, scored an inning of 34 runs in 19 balls. In bowling for Gujarat, Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets.
Bad start for KKR, Gurbaj handled one end
After winning the toss in this match, Gujarat Titans decided to bowl first in view of the weather. After this, N Jagadishan and Rahmanullah Gurbaj, who came out to start the innings from Kolkata, could not succeed in giving a good start to the team. Kolkata got the first blow on the score of 23 in the form of Jagdishan who returned to the pavilion after scoring 19 runs.
After this, the KKR team sent Shardul Thakur to bat, surprising everyone. However, his decision proved completely wrong and Shardul returned to the pavilion without opening an account. KKR got a second blow on the score of 47. In the first 6 overs, the team managed to reach the score of 61 runs at the loss of 2 wickets.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz speeds up KKR’s score
After the end of the game of the first 6 overs, Rahmanullah Gurbaj continued to increase Kolkata’s score with speed from one end. From the other end, Venkatesh Iyer 11 and Nitish Rana returned to the pavilion after scoring 4 runs. KKR’s team had lost their 4 wickets till the score of 88. After this, Gurbaj’s Rinku Singh got together and a partnership of 47 runs in 28 balls was seen between the two for the 5th wicket. Gurbaj returned to the pavilion after playing an excellent inning of 81 runs in 39 balls with the help of 5 fours and 7 sixes.
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Birthday boy Andre Russell showed amazing with the bat and took the team beyond 170
Explosive batsman Andre Russell, who came out to bat in the last over of KKR’s innings, got to see amazing in this match. Russell first shared a 21-run partnership in 13 balls for the sixth wicket with Rinku. After which Rinku returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 19 runs in 20 balls, while Russell then shared a 15-ball 23-run partnership with David VJ for the 7th wicket, helping KKR reach a score of 179 in 20 overs. . For Gujarat, Mohammad Shami took 3 wickets while Josua Little and Noor Ahmed took 2-2 wickets.
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