Gujarat Titans started without an unwell Hardik Pandya for the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Rashid Khan took over the role of skipper for the day. “He is just unwell. You never know... with the virus going around. We did not want to take any risks. Vijay Shankar is in for Hardik,” Rashid said during the toss.
GT openers Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha enter the field of play. Interestingly, both of them are former KKR players.
N. Jagadeesan held on to a blinder to see the back of Saha.
Suyash Sharma’s googly turned out to be a bit too much for Abhinav Manohar to handle.
22(17) vs CSK, 62*(48) vs DC, 53(38) vs KKR B. Sai Sudharsan has made the No. 3 spot his own after Kane Williamson’s departure due to an injury.
Vijay Shankar, who hammered an unbeaten 24-ball 63: “Enjoying a lot more (this season). Last year something was off. This year, I came in after a lot of runs in domestic cricket. The franchise retained me, showed confidence in me. I have been working really hard. “
While wickets kept falling on one end, Venkatesh Iyer kept KKR in the match with a superb knock of 83 runs off 40 deliveries.
Rashid Khan seemed to have all but sealed the win for Gujarat by picking the first hat-trick of this season and leaving KKR 48 runs to chase in the final three overs.
KKR required 28 runs off the final five deliveries but Rinku Singh managed to pull off a heist, smashing GT pacer Yash Dayal for five consecutive sixes.
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