Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, IPL 2023 - Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 13th match - April 9th
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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, IPL 2023 - Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders - 13th match - April 9th
The 13th match, of the Indian Premier League 2023, will take place between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders on the 9th of April, 2023 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
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Kolkata Knight Riders Form Guide:
Kolkata Knight Riders are placed at the 3rd position on points table.
The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders is Rahmanullah Gurbaz with 79 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders is Varun Chakravarthy with 5 scalps under his belt.
Kolkata Knight Riders have won their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by a huge margin of 81 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a huge total of 204 for 7 in 20 overs. At one point, they were struggling at 89 for 5, when Shardul Thakur came in and smashed the bowlers to all parts of the ground. He made 68 off 29 balls to take Kolkata Knight Riders to a respectable total of 204 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis started off very well. However, once these two were dismissed, wickets started falling at regular intervals and Royal Challengers Bangalore never looked in the game. They were eventually bowled out for 123, losing the match by 81 runs.
Gujarat Titans Form Guide:
Gujarat Titans are currently placed at the 1st position on points table.
The top run scorer for Gujarat Titans is Sai Sudarshan with 84 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Gujarat Titans is Rashid Khan with 5 scalps under his belt.
Gujarat Titans have won their previous match against Delhi Capitals by 6 wickets.
Delhi Capitals batted first and they posted 162 for 8 on board in 20 overs. Mitchell Marsh and Prithvi Shaw were dismissed early on. David Warner and Sarfaraz Khan tried to steady the ship with their stand of 30 runs for the 2nd wicket but it was a slow paced partnership that cost Delhi Capitals in the end. Axar Patel played a lovely knock of 36 in 22 balls in the latter part of the innings to take Delhi Capitals to a total of 162 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill showed promise but both were dismissed by Anrich Nortje. Sai Sudarshan played a match defining innings of 62 not out and along with David Miller, who scored 31 in 16 balls took Gujarat Titans home comfortably in the 19th over with 6 wickets in hand.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Gujarat Titans (GT): Hardik Pandya (C), Rashid Khan, Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little, Urvil Patel, Shivam Mavi, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Kane Williamson
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Lockie Ferguson (T), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (T), Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur (T), Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Kulwant Khejroliya, David Wiese, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, N. Jagadeesan
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Kolkata Knight Riders
Who will win? - Kolkata Knight Riders
Top Batter (Runs Score) – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans), Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Mohammad Shami (Gujarat Titans), Varun Chakravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Most Sixes – Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans), Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Player of the Match - Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Team Scores Batting first – Gujarat Titans 170+, Kolkata Knight Riders 180+
Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders
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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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