Gujarat will go for a hat-trick of victory – won the toss and decided to bat

GT vs KKR: The 13th match of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to start between Gujarat Titans (GT) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat has won the toss and decided to bat. Rashid Khan has arrived for the toss on behalf of Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya is ill. Today is the double header-day and the second match of the day will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Hyderabad.

Pitch Report

At the Narendra Modi Stadium, teams prefer to bowl first after winning the toss. If the team batting first scores 180 runs, then its chances of winning the match are high. On this pitch, the team chasing the target easily achieves the target of 160-170.

Weather Condition

The weather in Ahmedabad is expected to be very hot on the day of the match. Sunday's temperature in Ahmedabad will be between 25 to 39 degree Celsius. There is no chance of rain.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudarshan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan, Jeshua Little, Yash Dayal and Alzarri Joseph.

Impact Players: KS Bharath, Shivam Mavi, Mohit Sharma, Vijay Shankar.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicket-keeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Players: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Rai, Narayan Jagadeesan.

Gujarat won 2 consecutive matches

This will be the third match of Gujarat Titans this season. The team won both its opening matches. Titans defeated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first match and Delhi Capitals (DC) in the second match. Gujarat won both the matches while chasing.

Rashid Khan, David Miller, Jeshua Little and Alzarri Joseph can be the team's 4 foreigners against Kolkata. Apart from these, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill and Rahul Tewatia are also strengthening the team.