- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.2 taken this time, brilliantly by Jagadeesan! Full delivery at the stumps and Saha looks to sweep it away. He gets down on one knee but the ball seems to stick in the surface ever so slightly. The ball skews off the top edge and lobs up towards mid wicket, where Jagadeesan runs backwards and completes a superb take! 33/111.4 holes out to long on! Length delivery hung outside off stump, and it forces Gill to fetch it. He advances and tries to go over long on but because he has to reach out for it, he ends up chalking it. Umesh settles himself under the high ball at long on, and does the rest! 100/217.3 and Sudharsan perishes in that pursuit! Back of a length delivery outside off stump that hurries onto Sudharsan. He comes down the track and looks to clear long off but does not get the power or the elevation. Arrows it straight to Anukul at long off, who makes no mistake! 153/413.3 what a ripper! Googly on a length on off stump. Manohar does not quite pick it and goes searching for it. He leaves a gap between bat and pad, and then sees the ball rip through that gap. It kisses the outside of the front pad before smashing into the stumps! Suyash is over the moon, and why should he not be! 118/3Extras16 (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 10)TOTAL204/4 (20 Overs, RR: 10.2)Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Wriddhiman Saha, 4.2 ov), 2-100 (Shubman Gill, 11.4 ov), 3-118 (Abhinav Manohar, 13.3 ov), 4-153 (Sai Sudharsan, 17.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB UT Yadav 3 0 24 0 8.00 7 4 0 1 0 SN Thakur 3 0 40 0 13.33 4 3 3 1 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 40 0 10.00 8 3 2 1 1 SP Narine 4 0 33 3 8.25 8 3 1 1 0 CV Varun 2 0 27 0 13.50 1 2 1 1 0 Suyash Sharma 4 0 35 1 8.75 6 3 0 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.3 gloves it, and taken by Dayal! Back of a length delivery on leg stump that hurries onto Gurbaz. He has a swipe at it but is late on the stroke, meaning that he eventually gloves it. Bharat and Dayal go for the catch and run into each other, but the latter, somehow, manages to cling on diving forward! The communication system broke down there but Dayal did well to keep his eyes on the prize! 20/13.6 holes out to deep square leg! Length delivery on middle and leg stump. Jagadeesan plants his front foot and gets decent contact on his flick. But he does not go through with his shot and ends up arrowing it straight down Manohar's throat at deep square leg! 28/215.5 holes out to long on! Joseph breaks open the game again! Full and aimed at the batter's toes. It is not the yorker Joseph was looking for but it cramps Iyer for room just enough. He has a swing at it but can't generate the power or the elevation, hitting it straight down Gill's throat! 154/413.1 and he sends Rana packing! Full delivery on middle and off stump. Rana plants his front foot and looks to go over mid off but does not display enough conviction. He has a half-hearted push at it and ends up chipping it straight to Shami at mid off! 128/316.1 googly on a back of a length on leg stump. Russell has a massive heave at it and seems to miss as the ball pops up off the thigh pad and nestles into the keeper's gloves. Bharat, though, is convinced there is some bat involved and GT, in fact, review! Oh, hello! Looks like there is plenty of merit in that review. Russell has absolutely smashed that off the inside edge into his pad. And Rashid gets the better of Russell, just when his team needed him to! 155/516.2 one brings two! Rashid has turned this game on its head! Length delivery on middle and off stump. Narine, sticking to his brief of attacking Rashid, has a mow across the line. He gets a good piece of it but it is not good enough to clear deep mid wicket. The fielder comfortably pouches it, a few yards inside the rope! 155/616.3 hat-trick for Rashid! Oh my word! This is incredible! Googly on a length on middle and off stump. Just like the other day, Shardul does not pick the googly. Against RCB, he got an inside edge that saved him but today, he does not get any bat as the ball smashes into the pads, right in front of middle and off stump. The umpire raises his finger but Shardul wants to have another look! No bat involved, and three reds on Ball Tracking! Rashid has an IPL hat-trick, and GT inch closer to yet another victory! 155/7Extras4 (lb 1, w 3)TOTAL207/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.35)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2.3 ov), 2-28 (Narayan Jagadeesan, 3.6 ov), 3-128 (Nitish Rana, 13.1 ov), 4-154 (Venkatesh Iyer, 15.5 ov), 5-155 (Andre Russell, 16.1 ov), 6-155 (Sunil Narine, 16.2 ov), 7-155 (Shardul Thakur, 16.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Mohammed Shami 4 0 28 1 7.00 10 2 1 0 0 JB Little 4 0 45 1 11.25 9 4 3 3 0 AS Joseph 4 0 27 2 6.75 14 2 2 0 0 Yash Dayal 4 0 69 0 17.25 4 3 8 0 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 37 3 9.25 6 4 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Gujarat Titans , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
09 April 2023 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Kolkata Knight Riders 2, Gujarat Titans 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- Gujarat Titans: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 12
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 68/1 in 8.0 overs (Shubman Gill 27, B Sai Sudharsan 12)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Shubman Gill 24, B Sai Sudharsan 20, Ex 6)
- Gujarat Titans: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 13
- Over 13.4: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - V Shankar (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Gujarat Titans - 144/3 in 16.0 overs (B Sai Sudharsan 47, V Shankar 14)
- B Sai Sudharsan: 50 off 34 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Gujarat Titans: 150 runs in 16.5 overs (101 balls), Extras 13
- V Shankar: 50 off 21 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Gujarat Titans: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 15
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 15 balls (V Shankar 46, DA Miller 2, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: Gujarat Titans - 204/4 in 20.0 overs (V Shankar 63, DA Miller 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
- Srikar Bharat sub kept in place of Wriddhiman Saha from the start of Kolkata Knight Riders innings
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 78/2 in 9.0 overs (VR Iyer 33, N Rana 23)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (VR Iyer 26, N Rana 23, Ex 1)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 100 runs in 11.1 overs (67 balls), Extras 1
- VR Iyer: 50 off 26 balls (5 x 4, 3 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 54 balls (VR Iyer 54, N Rana 45, Ex 1)
- Strategic Timeout: Kolkata Knight Riders - 149/3 in 15.0 overs (VR Iyer 79, RK Singh 2)
- Over 15.1: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wide, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - RK Singh (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 150 runs in 15.2 overs (92 balls), Extras 2
- Over 16.1: Review by Gujarat Titans (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Tapan Sharma, Batter - AD Russell (Upheld)
- Over 16.3: Review by Kolkata Knight Riders (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Tapan Sharma, Batter - SN Thakur (Struck down)
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 200 runs in 19.5 overs (119 balls), Extras 4
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (RK Singh 45, UT Yadav 5, Ex 2)
Match Coverage
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