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IPL-19: Gujarat Titans’ victory chariot halted amid rain of runs, KKR’s playoff hopes intact

By Samira Vishwas

Kolkata, 16 May. The front row teams who were close to getting the playoff ticket in the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL-19) got a shock for the third consecutive day. The latest victim in this sequence was Gujarat Titans (GT) on Saturday night, whose winning streak of five consecutive matches came to an end. At the same time, three-time former champion Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) kept their hopes of entering the knockout round alive with a 29-run victory amid a rain of runs with a total of six explosive fifties and two century partnerships.

Explosive fifty from Allen, Raghuvanshi and Green, KKR made record score against GT

KKR, forced to bat first at Eden Gardens, scored 247 runs for two wickets with the stormy half-centuries of opener Finn Allen (93 runs, 35 balls, 10 sixes, four fours), Agnikrish Raghuvanshi (82 not out, 44 balls, seven sixes, four fours) and Cameron Green (52 not out, 28 balls, four sixes, three fours). Did it. In fact, this was the highest score by any team in the IPL against the Titans.

Despite half-century efforts of Gill, Butler and Sudarshan, Titans could not achieve the target

Despite the quick half-century efforts of captain Shubhman Gill (85 runs, 49 runs, seven sixes, five fours), Jos Buttler (57 runs, 35 balls, two sixes, five fours) and opener Sai Sudarshan (53 runs not out, 28 balls, three sixes, six fours), who came to the crease twice due to injury while batting, Gujarat team reached only 218 runs for four wickets. Could.

Gujarat lost after 5 consecutive wins, still in second place with 16 points

At present, despite the defeat after five consecutive wins, Gujarat Titans are in second place behind defending champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB, 16 points in 12 matches) with 16 points from eight wins in 13 matches and will have to defeat Chennai Super Kings (CSK, 12 points in 12 matches) in the final match to remain in the race for the playoffs.

KKR’s fifth win, leaving DC behind at seventh place

At the same time, the Calcutta team, which was lagging behind for a long time due to five defeats in the first six matches, has collected 11 points in 12 matches with the help of four consecutive and fifth win overall and has come to the seventh position after defeating Delhi Capitals (DC, 10 points in 12 matches). With this result, Kolkata, which has settled the account of its previous defeat against Gujarat, will have to hope for a win over Mumbai Indians (MI) and DC respectively in the remaining two matches as well as a defeat of the top bracket teams to keep its hopes of entering the playoffs alive.

Alan has Scored runs at a strike-rate of 265.71, scored 95 runs in 41 balls with Angkrish

Talking about the match, Finn Allen created the atmosphere for KKR with a stormy style full of fours and sixes with a strike-rate of 265.71. Finn, who scored 50+ for the second time in the current season, scored 44 runs in 24 balls with captain Ajinkya Rahane (14 runs, 14 balls, one six, one four). Mo. Siraj (1-50) bowled Rahane and after scoring 95 runs in 41 balls with Raghuvanshi, Finn became the victim of Sai Kishore (1-38) in the 12th over.

Raghuvanshi and Green scored 108 runs on 53 balls.

After this, while Raghuvanshi played the best innings of his career, Green also washed his hands in the flowing Ganga. During this, there was an unbroken partnership of 108 runs on 53 balls for the second wicket between Raghuvanshi, who scored his fifth half-century, and Green. However, GT’s poor fielding also played a role in making such a big score as a total of four catches including two from Allen were dropped.

Partnership of 128 runs on 73 balls between Gill and Butler

Whereas GT’s efforts to chase runs revolved around the attractive innings of captain Gill. After in-form opener Sai Sudarshan retired hurt due to elbow injury on 23 runs and Nishant Sindhu (1) returned early, Gill and Butler had a partnership of 128 runs off 73 balls.

score card

But after Gill and Butler, who scored their fifth half-century in the current season, returned in consecutive overs, the pace of chasing the target slowed down. After Shubman’s dismissal, Sudarshan came back and scored his fourth consecutive and sixth half-century overall, but KKR’s disciplined death bowling led by ‘Player of the Match’ Sunil Narine (2-29) could not get closer to the target.

sunday matches : : Punjab Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (Dharamshala, 3.30 PM), Delhi Capitals vs Rajasthan Royals (Delhi, 7.30 PM).

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