🏏IPL 2024: Match 63 - GT vs KKR at Ahmedabad @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 3

Originally posted by: WildestDreams

Thanks for the tag and thread, Raji!❤️

Last time these two teams met in Ahmedabad, we had Rinku Special Show😝

Yes, I remember.  First it was Rashid who took a hat-trick and Rinku countered it by hitting 5 sixes in one over to seal the match in KKR's favour.  Can they do it again?

Cheers..

Originally posted by: Savera84

Yes, I remember.  First it was Rashid who took a hat-trick and Rinku countered it by hitting 5 sixes in one over to seal the match in KKR's favour.  Can they do it again?

Cheers..

I want to see again another Rinku Special Show. This season he hasn’t had yet the chance to show his skills with Salt and Narine being so aggressive during the inning. 😅

Thank you Raji for the thread and for tagging me. 

Best wishes to both teams. 

Originally posted by: Savera84

Team news and Impact Player strategy

Gujarat Titans

GT have been very inconsistent with their selections. They have used 23 players so far in the tournament, the most for any team. But having won their last game comprehensively, they might feel they have struck the right balance. The B Sai Sudharsan-Shubman Gill opening stand worked wonders, and they might go with the same even if Wriddhiman Saha is fit. Depending on the surface, one of R Sai Kishore and Sandeep Warrier could come in as an impact sub for Sai Sudharsan.

Likely XII: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 B Sai Sudharsan, 3 M Shahrukh Khan, 4 David Miller, 5 Matthew Wade (wk), 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Noor Ahmad, 9 Umesh Yadav, 10 Mohit Sharma, 11 Kartik Tyagi, 12 Sandeep Warrier/R Sai Kishore

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR had Vaibhav Arora swapping for Nitish Rana in their last game and could do the same. That aside, of course, Gurbaz could come in for Salt, unless they want to leave that for when they have to do it.

Likely XII: 1 Phil Salt/Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Nitish Rana, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Venkatesh Iyer, 6 Andre Russell, 7 Rinku Singh, 8 Ramandeep Singh, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Harshit Rana, 12 Vaibhav Arora

In the prediction page, why is Nitish Rana being shown as captain of KKR??

Thanks for the tag Raji 

really dont know which team to support 

Player to watch out for KKR

Barring a rare failure with the bat against Mumbai Indians Sunil Narine (461 runs & 15 wickets) has carried the team with his all-round brilliance, and he would love to carry on his rich vein of form.

 Gill in focus

GT skipper Shubman Gill brough up the 100th hundred of the IPL in the last outing here against the Chennai Super Kings. He's had a stellar run at this venue and will be looking to continue the streak tonight

Rashid has a good record vs KKR. He has bowled 25 balls to Narine in T20s, removing him twice. Salt has never Rashid in the IPL. He has faced him once in the Hundred, falling in the first ball. Shreyas has been dismissed twice by Rashid ni ten innings. Meanwhile, Venkatesh has been removed once in three innings. Russell has also fallen to Rashid three times in 24 balls in the IPL. 

 Sudharsan key for GT

IPL 2024, GT vs KKR Live Score, Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Sudharsan has been key for GT this season, despite their inconsistency. He is his side's highest run-scorer with 527 runs in 12 innings. In Ahmedabad, he has already smacked three fifties and a ton in 12 IPL outings.

Narine vs GT

IPL 2024, GT vs KKR Live Score, Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Narine has dismissed Gill twice in 13 balls in T20s, averaging only 6.5. Meanwhile, Miller has been strong against Narine in T20s with 95 runs in 72 balls and has lost his wicket only once.

 GT is still in the playoff race

IPL 2024, GT vs KKR Live Score, Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: GT still have a chance to reach 14 points and quality for the playoffs, but they need other results to go their way too! So they need luck! Meanwhile, KKR have already qualified!

KKR bowlers

IPL 2024, GT vs KKR Live Score, Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: KKR have been dominant with their openers and their two spinners in Narine and Chakaravarthy. Meanwhile, Narine has been opening with Salt, but Salt won't be available in the playoffs. Five of their bowlers, Chakaravarthy (18), Rana (16), Narine (15), Russell (15) and Starc (12), have more than 12 wickets, and are also the only side to have been so consistent.

We could see the toss-winning captain opting to bowl. The pitch has assisted batters and it could be a high-scoring game. 

GT pacer Umesh said, "There are not many variations to be played in the IPL. Be it Test cricket, ODIs or T20s, the length for a new ball has always been the same. If you don't bowl at the right length, then there will be problems."

Thanks for the tag