GT vs KKR / In the last over, Rinku Singh won the match for Kolkata by hitting 5 consecutive sixes.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the second win in IPL-2023 on the basis of Rinku Singh's 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the match. The team defeated defending champions Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets in a very thrilling encounter. Kolkata had to score 29 runs in the last over. Umesh Yadav took a single on the first ball of the 20th over. After this, Rinku Singh made the team win by hitting 5 consecutive sixes.

GT vs KKR: Kolkata Knight Riders won the second win in IPL-2023 on the basis of Rinku Singh's 5 consecutive sixes in the last 5 balls of the match. The team defeated defending champions Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets in a very thrilling encounter. Kolkata had to score 29 runs in the last over. Umesh Yadav took a single on the first ball of the 20th over. After this, Rinku Singh made the team win by hitting 5 consecutive sixes. The bowler was Yash Dayal.

Batting after winning the toss, Gujarat scored 204 for four in 20 overs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Chasing a target of 205 runs, the Kolkata team could only manage 207 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.Kolkata wickets fell like this...

First: Mohammed Shami caught Gurbaz at the hands of Yash Dayal on the third ball of the third over.

Second: On the last ball of the fourth over, Joshua Little caught Narayan Jagadishan at deep square leg by Abhinav Manohar.

Third: On the first ball of the 14th over, Alzarri Joseph got Nitish Rana caught by Mohammed Shami.

Fourth: On the fifth ball of the 16th over, Alzarri Joseph got Venkatesh Iyer caught by Shubman Gill.

Venkatesh Iyer scored a half century on 26 balls

Venkatesh Iyer started scoring runs quickly after losing an early wicket in the powerplay. He completed his half-century in 26 balls. This is Iyer's sixth half-century. Iyer scored the first half-century of the season. He shared a half-century partnership with Nitish Rana.

Kolkata lost 2 wickets in Powerplay

Chasing the target of 205 runs, the start of Kolkata was not good. The team has lost two wickets in scoring 48 runs in the first 6 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 15 and N Jagadishan were dismissed after scoring 6 runs. Mohammed Shami and Joshua Little got one wicket each.

Sudarshan and Vijay Shankar's Fifty, Gujarat scored 204 runs

Earlier, opting to bat after winning the toss, Gujarat posted 204 for four in 20 overs at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Vijay Shankar played 63 and Sai Sudarshan played half-century innings of 53 runs from the team. Opener Shubman Gill contributed 39 runs.

For Kolkata, Sunil Narine took three wickets, while Suyash Sharma got one wicket.

Gujarat's wickets fell like this...

First: On the second ball of the 5th over, Sunil Narine got Wriddhiman Saha caught at midwicket by N Jagadishan.

Second: On the fourth ball of the 12th over, Sunil Narine got Shubman Gill caught by Umesh Yadav.

Third: Abhinav Manohar was bowled by Suyash Sharma on the third ball of the 14th over.

Fourth: On the third ball of the 18th over, Sunil Narine got Sai Sudarshan caught by Anukul Roy.

Vijay Shankar scored a half century on 21 balls

Vijay Shankar scored the fourth half-century of IPL career. This is Shankar's first half-century this season. Sai completed his half-century off 21 balls. During this, he hit five sixes and four fours.

Sudarshan scored a half century in 34 balls

Sai Sudarshan, who came to play at number-3, scored the third half-century of his career. This is Sudarshan's second half-century this season. Sai completed his half-century off 34 balls. He shared a 67-run partnership with Shubman Gill on 44 balls.

Half-century partnership between Gill-Sudarshan

After losing Saha's wicket, opener Shubman Gill shared a 44-ball 67-run partnership with Sai Sudarshan. Sunil Narine broke this partnership. Here Gill was dismissed after scoring 39 runs.

Gujarat batsmen scored 54 runs in powerplay

Gujarat had a mixed performance in the first 6 overs of the game. The team scored 54 runs losing one wicket. Opener Wriddhiman Saha got out after scoring 17 runs. He was dismissed by Sunil Narine in his very first over. At the same time, Gill and Sai Sudarshan took the score to 50.

Kolkata came with 2 changes, Vijay Shankar will play in place of Pandya

The Kolkata team has landed with two changes. Captain Nitish Rana has given Narayan Jagdishan and Suyash Sharma a chance in the playing-11 in place of Mandeep and Tim Southee. At the same time, Vijay Shankar has replaced defending champion Gujarat captain Pandya. Pandya is ill.

Playing-11 of both the teams...

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

Impact Players: Jeshua Little, Jayant Yadav, Sreekar Bharat, Mohit Sharma and Matthew Waite.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wicket-keeper), Narayan Jagdishan, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakraborty.

Impact Players: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, David Vais.