Captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan spelt their class by scoring glorious half-centuries as table-topper Gujarat Titans outplayed defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders by 39 runs to document its sixth victory of IPL 2025 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Monday.
The suitable-left opening pair’s century stand helped GT accumulate 198 after being put in to bat. KKR managed simply 159 for eight to style its second successive defeat, and third in 4 house matches, in entrance of a packed home.
With Vaibhav Arora and Moeen Ali sharing the brand new ball, KKR didn’t let GT achieve a lot floor early.
With the ball stopping a bit, Gill and Sudharsan, adopting a risk-free method, rotated the strike and solely punished the bowlers after they erred to collect 45 within the first six overs.
Gill (90, 55b, 10×4, 3×6) asserted his class within the seventh over, plundering 17 runs, together with a six and two fours consecutively, off Moeen to sign GT’s acceleration.
AS IT HAPPENED – KKR vs GT
At his former house floor, Gill, who took 12 balls to attain his first boundary, was a deal with to observe when he performed his cuts and pulls.
An in-form Sudharsan (52, 36b, 6×4, 1×6) confirmed his vary, discovering gaps spectacularly, on the off-side earlier than displaying advantageous hits on the onside.
However the humid circumstances, the GT openers ran onerous to frustrate the host in a 75-ball 114-run partnership.
Andre Russell broke the stand by having Orange Cap holder Sudharsan, who scored his fifth fifty of the season, caught behind.
Gill then gathered 58 off 33 balls together with a clean-hitting Jos Buttler (41, 23b, 8×4), earlier than being dismissed by Vaibhav near his century.
KKR’s reply was not preferrred. Mohammed Siraj trapped wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz lbw and Rashid Khan, following his lengthy nets session in a single day, eliminated Sunil Narine within the PowerPlay.
With GT bowlers conserving it tight and fielders exhibiting dedication to cease boundaries for 36 deliveries within the center overs, the required price piled up.
Skipper Ajinkya Rahane’s lone battle, and a deserving half-century, was in useless as KKR suffered its fifth loss.
Claiming two wickets apiece, Rashid and Prasidh Krishna shone for GT.