Gujarat Titans on Saturday defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 8 runs in Match 35 of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
IPL match today: KKR vs GT match result Who won the match between the Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans
Match Overview
Ist Inning
It’s a double-headed Saturday today, with GT and KKR clashing in the afternoon game. For a change, GT won the toss and decided to bat. GT openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill opened Gujarat’s innings. But Tim Southee drew the first blood for KKR, dismissing Gill for 7 in the second over. Then, came GT’s skipper and played a captain’s knock of 67 in 49 balls. Then, Umesh Yadav gave the breakthrough to the Knights dismissing Saha in the 11th over. Miller played a knock of 27, with Rahul Tewatia making 17. Gujarat posted 156/9. The lower order of GT was cleaned up by Russell as he bagged 4 wickets. Southee too picked up 3.
IInd Inning
With 157 to win, a new opening pair of Sam Billings and Sunil Narine made their way into the middle. Billings went in the first over itself of Mohammed Shami‘s delivery. And Narine was dismissed in the third over. Wickets fell like bowling pins for KKR today with only young gun Rinku Singh playing a steady inning of 35. At last, Russell did some last ball firings but didn’t receive support from the others. KKR bundled out at 148/8. Mohammad Shami, Yash Dayal and Rashid Khan bagged a pair of wickets each.
Who won the Man of the Match?
Rashid Khan won the Player of the match award for his economical spell of 2/22 in his 4 overs.
Playing Squad
Kolkata Knight Riders: Aaron Finch, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman (wk), Hardik Pandya (capt), David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal
