GT's Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill running between the wickets
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Gujarat Titans claim top spot on IPL 2023 Table with victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in Match 39
Gujarat Titans' Seven-Wicket Win against Kolkata Knight Riders Propels them to the Top of IPL 2023 Points Table.
Match Summary
Kolkata Knight Riders 179/7 (20 ov)
Gujarat Titans 180/3 (17.5 ov)
Gujarat Titans won by 7 wickets
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Match Analysis
A smashing partnership between Vijay Shankar and David Miller steered holders Gujarat Titans to the top of the IPL table with a seven-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday.
Chasing 180 for victory, Gujarat were in trouble at 93-3 when Shankar (51) and the left-handed Miller (32) combined to achieve victory with 13 balls to spare at Kolkata's Eden Gardens.
Bowlers Mohammed Shami, Josh Little and Noor Ahmad set up victory after they kept down Kolkata to 179-7 despite a sparkling 81 by Rahmanullah Gurbaz in a match which started 45 minutes late due to rain and wet outfield.
In the chase, skipper Hardik Pandya fell for 26 and Shubman Gill departed on 49 when Miller, who survived a dropped catch on 26, took on the bowlers with a couple of sixes.
Shankar, an Indian all-rounder, soon took over from his South African partner in their unbeaten stand of 87 with a six-hitting blitz as he reached his fifty in 24 balls.
Gujarat, who had a fairytale debut season when they clinched the Indian Premier League title last year, moved top of the 10-team table with six wins in eight matches.
Two-time champions Kolkata, led by Nitish Rana, stay seventh with six losses in nine matches.
Regular wickets hurt Kolkata's chances of getting to a bigger total as they fell to 88-4, but Gurbaz, who made the team in place of injured England batsman Jason Roy, held firm.
Afghanistan's Gurbaz smashed seven sixes in his attacking knock and put on 47 for the fifth wicket with Rinku Singh before he fell to Ahmad's wily left-arm wrist spin.
Kolkata slipped again after Gurbaz's departure but Andre Russell took on the opposition attack in his 19-ball 34 despite disciplined bowling from Shami, Little and Ahmad in the final five overs.
Little, a left-arm quick from Ireland, was named man of the match for his figures of 2-25.
Match Stats
Kolkata Knight Riders Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Narayan Jagadeesan - 2.5 ov), 2-47 (Shardul Thakur - 4.6 ov), 3-84 (Venkatesh Iyer - 10.1 ov), 4-88 (Nitish Rana - 10.4 ov), 5-135 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 15.2 ov), 6-156 (Rinku Singh - 17.3 ov), 7-179 (Andre Russell - 19.6 ov)
Gujarat Titans Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Wriddhiman Saha - 4.1 ov), 2-91 (Hardik Pandya - 10.4 ov), 3-93 (Shubman Gill - 11.2 ov)
Playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders: Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Gujarat Titans: , Wriddhiman Saha(WK), Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya(C), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Josh Little
Match Details:
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2023 11:00
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss: Gujarat Titans elected to bowl
Officials Umpires: Chris Gaffaney(New Zealand) Nikhil Patwardhan(India) Sadashiv Iyer(India TV)
Match Referee: Satyajit Satbhai(India)
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