Gujarat Titans (GT) gave a big defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at home by 5 wickets. Batting first, KKR scored 180 runs in 20 overs at the loss of 10 wickets. Chasing the target of 181 runs, Gujarat made a flying start. Thanks to captain Shubman Gill’s explosive innings of 86 runs, Gujarat registered an easy victory against KKR. Shubman Gill played a tremendous inning of 86 runs in 50 balls with the help of 4 sixes and 8 fours.
Gujarat made a great start against Kolkata. There was a partnership of 57 runs for the first wicket between captain Shubhman Gill and Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan played 16 balls. Scored 22 runs with the help of 2 sixes and one four. On the score of 95 runs, GT got the second blow in the form of Jos Buttler. He contributed 25 runs in 15 balls. Washington Sundar could score only 13 runs on 13 balls.
Captain Shubhman Gill played an inning of 86 runs in 50 balls. Tried to hit a shot on Vaibhav Arora’s ball in 16.6 overs. However, Cameron Green took a brilliant catch near the boundary line. After Gill’s dismissal, Glenn Phillips tried to take charge of Gujarat’s innings. He played an inning of 19 runs in 16 balls. However, he became the victim of Ramandeep Singh in the last over. Rahul Tewatia played an unbeaten inning of 7 runs and Shahrukh Khan played an inning of 3 runs. The pair of both gave the team a spectacular victory in the last 2 balls.
KKR bowling: Karthik Tyagi proved to be the most expensive bowler. He gave 40 runs in 4 overs and did not achieve any success. Varun Chakraborty took two wickets. Gave 34 runs in 4 overs. Ramandeep Singh bowled only five balls of the last over and achieved one success. Sunil Narine and Vaibhav Arora got one wicket each.
Rinku, Ramandeep and Raghuvanshi… all failed
KKR had a very bad start. On the fourth ball of the first over, Captain Ajinkya Rahane had to go to the pavilion without opening the account. At that time the team’s score was only 5 runs. The second blow came in the form of Angkrish Raghuvanshi on the score of 21 runs. He faced eight balls and contributed only 8 runs to the team’s score. The third wicket fell on the last ball of the fourth over. Tim Seifert was out after scoring 19 (14).
KKR’s faltering innings was handled by the pair of Cameron Green and Rovman Powell. Both of them made a partnership of 55 runs in 42 balls for the fourth wicket. Rovman Powell’s wicket also fell on the last ball of the 11th over. He played an inning of 27 runs in 20 balls with the help of two fours and two sixes.
Ramandeep scored 17 runs in 8 balls. Karthik Tyagi contributed 6 runs. Rinku Singh could score only 1 run. Anukul Roy could also score only 9 runs. Three KKR batsmen, captain Rahane, Vaibhav Arora and Sunil Narine, were out on zero. Four batsmen could not even cross double figures.
Cameron Green’s innings did not work: Cameron Green played the best innings for Kolkata. Played a brilliant inning of 79 runs in 55 balls with the help of seven fours and four sixes. It was only because of Green’s innings that KKR’s score reached 180 runs.
Gujarat bowling: Kagiso Rabada bowled brilliantly. Took three wickets for 29 runs in 4 overs. Rabada made Tim Seifert, Angkrish Raghuvanshi and Rinku Singh his victims. Mohammed Siraj dismissed captain Ajinkya Rahane and Sunil Narine. Gave 23 runs in 4 overs with an economy of 5.80. Prasidh Krishna took the wicket of Anukul Roy. Gave 32 runs in 4 overs.
Rashid Khan and Ashok Sharma proved to be very expensive. Sharma sent Rovman Powell and Ramandeep Singh to the pavilion after giving away 45 runs in 4 overs. Rashid Khan had a success. The wicket of Cameron Green was taken after conceding 44 runs in 4 overs.
Comments are closed.