Gujarat beat Kolkata to top the table – GT won by 7 wickets

KKR vs GT: Defending champions Gujarat Titans have scored a hat-trick of victories in the Indian Premier League-16. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets at their home ground. With this victory, the Gujarat team has come on top of the points table. He has the highest number of 12 points. Gujarat won the toss and decided to field at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Batting first, the team scored 179 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Gujarat achieved the target of 180 runs for 3 wickets in 17.5 overs.

Today is double header day. The second match of the day is being played between Delhi Capitals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Gujarat's wickets fell like this..

First: On the first ball of the 5th over, Russell got Wriddhiman Saha caught by Harshit Rana.

Second: Harshit Rana made captain Hardik Pandya LBW on the fourth ball of the 11th over.

Third: On the second ball of the 12th over, Sunil Narine got Gill caught by Andre Russell.

Pandya-Gill's half-century partnership

Captain Hardik Pandya and Shubman Gill shared a half-century partnership for the second wicket. Both scored 50 runs on 39 balls. Young bowler Harshit Rana broke this partnership. He dismissed Pandya.

Gujarat scored 52 runs in powerplay, also lost Saha's wicket

Chasing a target of 180 runs, Gujarat got off to an average start. The team lost the wicket of Wriddhiman Saha to score 52 runs in 6 overs. Saha became the victim of Russell by scoring 10 runs.

Gurbaj played an inning of 81 runs, Russell scored 34 runs in 18 balls.

Gujarat won the toss and decided to field at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Batting first, the team scored 179 runs for 7 Wickets in 20 overs.

Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (81 runs) scored his second half-century of the season. Andre Russell played an inning of 34 runs on 18 balls.

Mohammed Shami took three wickets, while Noor Ahmed and Joshua Little got two wickets each.

Kolkata wickets fell like this

First: On the 5th ball of the third over, Shami made Narayan Jagadishan LBW.

Second: On the last ball of the 5th over, Shami got Shardul Thakur caught by Mohit Sharma.

Third: Joshua Little lbw Venkatesh Iyer on the first ball of the 11th over.

Fourth: On the fourth ball of the 11th over, Joshua Little got captain Nitish Rana caught by Rahul Tewatia.

Fifth: On the second ball of the 16th over, Noor Ahmed got Rahmanullah Gurbaz caught by Rashid Khan.

Sixth: On the third ball of the 18th over, Noor Ahmed got Rinku Singh caught by Joshua Little.

Seventh: On the last ball of the 20th over, Mohammed Shami got Russell caught by Rahul Tewatia.

Gurbaz scored the second fifty of the season

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored the second fifty of the season. This is also the second half-century of Gurbaj's career. He completed Fifty on 27 balls. Gurbaj scored 81 runs in 39 balls at a strike rate of 207.69. 5 fours and 7 sixes came from his bat.

Two shocks to Kolkata in Powerplay, also scored 61 runs

Kolkata got a mixed start in the powerplay. The team lost two wickets to score 61 runs in 6 overs. Opener Narayan Jagdishan was out on 19 and Shardul Thakur on zero. Shami got both the wickets.

No change in Gujarat, two changes in Kolkata

Kolkata has made two changes. His fast bowler Umesh Yadav will not play due to hamstring injury. Harshit Rana comes in his place, Jason Roy also ruled out due to back pain, Rahmanullah Gurbaz comes in his place.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Narayan Jagadishan, Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, David VJ, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Tim Southee and Kulwant Khejroliya.

Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Wriddhiman Saha (Wicket-keeper), Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Joshua Little, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed and Mohit Sharma.

Impact Players: Shubman Gill, R Sai Kishore, Sreekar Bharat, Shivam Mavi and Jayant Yadav.