KKR vs GT Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face Gujarat Titans (GT) today in IPL 2025. This match will be played at 7:30 PM at the home ground of Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata and the toss for the match will be held at 7:00 PM. Both the teams will face each other for the first time this season.
KKR’s star players will show their strength
The team combination of Gujarat is very strong. In which Sai Sudarshan, captain Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler are in form and are scoring runs continuously. At the same time, the famous purple cap holder Krishna has also performed well for the team. GT will expect their main spinner Rashid Khan to regain rhythm and take wickets in the middle overs. At the same time, the team is performing well in bowling. However, here KKR needs to fix their middle order, which has been full of ups and downs this season. Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Angkrish Raghuvanshi have shown hope for the team but the rest of the batsmen are failing. The fans and the team have high expectations from Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh and Andre Russell, but so far these three have not been consistent.
Head to head
Talking about the head-to-head record of both the teams, Gujarat Titans’ advantage is seen to be heavy. So far only 4 matches have been played between KKR and Gujarat. Out of which the Gujarat team has won two matches, while Kolkata has won on one occasion. A match between the two teams was canceled due to rain. Both teams have also played a match at KKR’s home ground i.e. Eden Gardens, where Gujarat Titans led by Shubman Gill won by 7 wickets.
Eden Gardens pitch report
The pitch of Eden Gardens Stadium is suitable for batting. 96 IPL matches have been played in this stadium so far. The teams batting first have won 40 matches here and the chasing teams have won 56 matches. The highest team score of this stadium is 262/2, which was made by Punjab Kings against Kolkata in the last season.
Kolkata Weather Conditions
The weather in Kolkata on April 21 will be very hot. There will be bright sunshine throughout the day. There is no chance of rain at all. The temperature here is expected to be between 27 and 36 degrees on this day.
KKR vs GT: PREDICTED PLAYING 11
Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock(wk), Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
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