In a roller-coaster of a season, an inconsistent Kolkata Knight Riders might be eager to bounce again when it meets a constant and top-placed Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League at the Eden Gardens right here on Monday.
After squandering a golden alternative to garner two factors against Punjab Kings in an away task, KKR have to be involved about its below-par totals and can search to change its batters’ reckless strategy.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane, the one KKR batter to accumulate greater than 200 runs, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi are the highest two run-getters for the host. While Quinton de Kock, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh have the scope to enhance their performances, Andre Russell and Ramandeep Singh want to overcome their lean patches.
KKR is probably going to depend on its dependable Indian tempo mixture of Harshit Rana and Vaibhav Arora and the spin pair of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakaravarthy. The inclusion of both Moeen Ali or Anrich Nortje will depend upon the situations.
Resting on 4 sturdy pillars — Sai Sudharsan (365 runs), Jos Buttler (315), captain Shubman Gill (215) and Sherfane Rutherford (201) — GT’s batting has been on fireplace. On his former residence floor, Gill might be blissful to lead GT to its sixth win.
Purple Cap proprietor Prasidh Krishna (14 wickets) together with R. Sai Kishore and Mohammed Siraj (11 apiece) type a potent assault. Leg-spinner Rashid Khan might be keen to assist GT consolidate its 2-1 head-to-head file.
Fans can anticipate one other high-scoring affair.
Published – April 20, 2025 07:12 pm IST
