GT vs KKR: Green’s half-century, Kolkata Knight Riders all out for 180 runs against Gujarat

By Samira Vishwas On Apr 17, 2026

Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders: The 25th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans (GT vs KKR) on Friday. Batting first at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium, the entire KKR team was all out after scoring 180 runs in 20 overs. Gujarat will have to score 181 runs to win.

KKR, who came to bat first after winning the toss, did not have a good start. Mohammad Siraj sent Ajinkya Rahane to the pavilion without opening the account. Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who came at number three, also could not show anything special with the bat and was out after scoring only 8 runs in 4 balls. Tim Seifert was also out after scoring 19 runs after facing 14 balls.

Half-century partnership between Powell and Green

KKR’s innings, which was looking in trouble after losing 3 wickets at the score of 32, was handled by Rovman Powell and Cameron Green. Both added 55 runs for the fourth wicket. Powell was out after scoring 27 runs in 20 balls. Anukul Roy became the victim of Prasidh Krishna after scoring 9 runs in 7 balls. Rinku Singh also could not show anything special with the bat and was out after scoring just one run. Ramandeep Singh faced 8 balls and scored 17 runs with the help of 2 fours and a six.

Cameron Green’s half-century innings

However, Cameron Green held one end and batted brilliantly and played a strong inning of 79 runs in 55 balls. In this innings, Green hit 7 fours and 4 sixes. In bowling, Kagiso Rabada for Gujarat Titans took 3 wickets for just 29 runs in a spell of 4 overs. At the same time, Siraj and Ashok Sharma took two wickets each. Rashid Khan and Prasidh Krishna took one wicket each.

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Gujarat Titans, led by Shubman Gill, is playing in this match with Sai Sudarshan, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ashok Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj and Prasidh Krishna.

Kolkata Knight Riders, under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane, have taken the field in this match with Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora and Karthik Tyagi.