IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Dafanews Match Preview

Gujarat Titans will square off against Kolkata Knight Riders in the 63rd match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Monday. GT has won five out of their 12 matches whereas KKR has won nine out of their 12 games.

KKR has already confirmed their playoffs berth whereas it will be a must-win game for GT. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Kolkata Knight Riders: W W W W L

KKR have been on a roll as they have won their last four matches and they will look to continue the good show. They have been coming up with collective efforts as they have ticked the right boxes with both bat and ball.

Gujarat Titans: W L L L W

Gujarat Titans haven’t been able to get the winning impetus on their side, which has led to their downfall. GT came up with an impressive batting show in the last game against CSK, with Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan scoring fine centuries.

Head to Head: Matches: 3, Won by GT: 2, Won by KKR: 1.

Players to watch out for: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakravarthy, and Sunil Narine will hold the key for KKR.

Mohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, and David Miller will hold the key for GT.

Gujarat Titans Final Squad:

Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.

KKR Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Phil Salt, K.S. Bharat, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford (WI), Manish Pandey, Andre Russell (WI), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine (WI), Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc (AUS), Dushmantha Chameera (SL), Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG).