KKR vs GT Highlights, IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans beats Kolkata Knight Riders; Prasidh, Rashid take two wickets apiece – Sportstar

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Welcome to Sportstar’s Highlights of the IPL 2025 match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
Ishant Sharma to bowl the last over and he removes Rinku! The batter swings for the hills but a top edge falls kindly for skipper Gill.
Rinku c Gill b Ishant 17 (14)
A single taken and Raghuvanshi on strike. Three balls left, 47 needed off it.
SIX! Raghuvanshi doing what he does best, and perhaps the KKR dugout regretting not sending the youngster out earlier. The batter tries to reverse hit the ball over the short third fielder but fails to middle it cleanly. A single to notch up a humiliating defeat for the defending champion.
Siraj bowling out. Two runs taken on the first ball. Another late cut by Raghuvanshi and FOUR! Top edge as Rinku tries to pull and that goes for a FOUR!
Rashid bowling out.
SIX! Rinku sends it over long on and Shahrukh takes the catch, but oversteps the boundary rope.
Ramandeep comes out to bat.
And he has to walk back! Ramandeep goes for the big shot but he hits it straight at Prasidh. The pacer takes the catch with a cool exterior.
Ramandeep c&b Prasidh 1 (2)
Moeen Ali has to go back as well! He tries to clear the fences but he sends it straight up for Shahrukh Khan to take the catch.
Moeen c Shahrukh b Prasidh 0 (2)
Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been brought on as the Impact sub, but the timing is all wrong for KKR! But the young batter cuts to score a FOUR.
Rashid Khan returns. And befuddles Russell on the first ball. Another swing and a miss from the towering batter.
FOUR! Not the greatest contact with the willow but KKR will take it at this stage. Another close shave as Rashid almost castles the off stump.
GONE! Russell steps out to go for glory and the KKR batter misses. An easy stumping for Buttler.
Russell st Buttler b Rashid 21 (15)
Prasidh returns. A slower one and Rinku tries to cut but misses. Another dot ball.
A swing and a miss! Russell gets just the air. FOUR! The West Indies all-rounder finds the boundary but it seems to be too little too late.
Kishore with his third over. Rinku smacks it through mid-wicket but just a single. The spinner bowls it wide of Russell’s off stump, and just a single.
A wide to follow. The ball turns a great deal. And another wide from Kishore.
No boundary in this over. Time is running out for KKR.
Washington with this third over.
Rahane notches up his half-century, and also perhaps waging a lone battle for KKR. Blogger’s curse! The KKR skipper tries to hit a wide ball but misses and Buttler stumps Rahane.
Rahane st Buttler b Washington 50 (36)
Russell smacks a FOUR on his second ball, straight down the ground. Can he help KKR finish this uphill task? SIX! Maybe he can!
Sai Kishore continues. OUT! Venkatesh, who never seemed set, has to walk back. He smacks it across but holes out to a fielder in front of square leg.
Venkatesh c Washington b Kishore 14 (19)
Rinku Singh in the middle.
Washington with his second over, and Rahane lobs it over the covers for a FOUR!
SIX! The offie is deposited over mid-wicket for a maximum by Rahane!
Sai Kishore into the attack and he has a slip in place to start with. Rahane and Venkatesh continue to struggle. Another boundary-less over for KKR. 
Washington Sundar gets a crack, with left-handed Venkatesh Iyer out in the middle. Rahane punches a short ball over extra cover. Rashid puts in a desperate dive to prevent a four. 
Quicker one from Rashid. Venkatesh plays all around it. Strikes him on the pad. Gill reviews after the umpire refuses to raise the finger. Venkatesh saved by the umpire’s call. Couple of singles follow. Another quiet over for KKR. The required rate continues to rise. 
Prasidh with his second over. Starts with a wide. Rahane slashes one to deep cover to add a single. Venkatesh Iyer is the new batter for KKR. He gets off the mark with a single. 
Rashid Khan introduced early. Couple of singles to start with. Flat and short from Rashid and Narine slams it straight to backward square leg. 
Sunil Narine c Tewatia b Rashid Khan 17 (13b 2×4 1×6)
KKR 45/2 in 6 overs
Short from Siraj and slammed away for a four by Narine. Narine now shuffles away from the stumps before lofting Siraj inside out for a six. KKR’s chase gaining momentum. Siraj seems to have hurt himself after falling down during the followup. He seems to be ok now. 
Prasidh Krishna into the attack. Couple of dot balls to start with before Narine clubs one down the ground for a single. Length from Prasidh and Rahane slams it, flat-batted, down the ground for a four. Pushed up now. Ticked over mid off for another four by Rahane. 
Back of the length from Siraj. Pulled away by Rahane. Good effort by Washington Sundar to prevent a four. Two runs gathered. Similar length again from Siraj. Ramped past the keeper for a four by Rahane. 
Ishant fires one into Narine’s pads and it is dispatched over mid on for a four. First boundary of the innings. Rahane is the new batter for KKR. He gets off the mark with a single to the off side. 
Sunil Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz walk out to open for KKR. Siraj with the first over for Titans. Gurbaz nearly chops one onto his stumps following a Siraj length ball. 
Siraj snaps one into Gurbaz and raps him on the pads. Given out by the umpire. KKR reviews in vain. Titans gain early momentum. 
Rahmanullah Gurbaz lbw b Mohammed Siraj 1 (4b 0x4 0x6)
KKR 2/1 in 1 over
Vaibhav with the final over.
Buttler finding the boundary with ease and he guides the ball past the point fielder and beats the deep third fielder for a FOUR!
Misfield! Another FOUR in Buttler’s name and things are going from bad to worse for KKR.
SMACK! Full toss to Shahrukh and he clubs it over the fences for a SIX! Two runs taken on the last ball of the innings.
Harshit bowling out.
Full toss and Buttler says thank you very much. Slammed down the ground for a FOUR!
Tewatia gone for a duck! He swings but the miscued shot falls kindly for Ramandeep.
Tewatia c Ramandeep b Harshit 0 (2)
Shahrukh Khan the new batter at the crease, and he takes a single to get off the mark.
Vaibhav is brought back. Gill tries to reverse hit it but misses.
SIX! An edge and not properly middled but Gill does enough to hit a SIX! And he backs it up with a FOUR through point! He enters his nineties.
AND OUT! Rinku Singh dives forward and takes a stunning catch! Another victim for the nervous nineties!
Gill c Rinku b Vaibhav 90 (55)
Narine bowling out.
Gill stands and delivers! He slogs it over mid-wicket for a SIX!
Chakaravarthy bowling out. Close! Manish Pandey dives forward over at long off but the attempt doesn’t bear fruit.
Gill smacks a FOUR down the ground. Another FOUR! The outfield is lightning quick and it’s showing. Moeen Ali dives and tries to stop the ball but it’s a boundary.
Harshit with his third over.
A slower ball and it seemed like there was a slight edge off Buttler’s bat but there wasn’t enough speed for it carry to Gurbaz.
Reverse sweep over Gurbaz and that’s a FOUR for Buttler. DROPPED! Buttler sends it up and Vaibhav comes below it but he scuffs it! Moreover, the ball rolls to the ropes for a FOUR!
Chakaravarthy back.
Buttler defends but a edge takes the ball to short mid-wicket but it falls just short of a fielder.
Relatively quiet over from the GT batters.
Andre Russell has been handed the ball. Can he break this stand?
OUT! SUDHARSAN GONE! A shorter delivery and the left-handed batter tries to cut it but he edges one behind to Gurbaz. Big breakthrough for KKR.
Sudharsan c Gurbaz b Russell 52 (36)
First ball and Buttler pulls Russell through mid-wicket for a FOUR! Establishing his dominance early on! Another FOUR! The English batter comes down the track and smacks it over the covers to find the boundary.
Lucky, lucky, luck! Buttler tries to paddle scoop over the ‘keeper but a top edge takes the ball to the boundary nonetheless for a FOUR!
Narine with his third over.
Lackadaisical fielding in the deep from Vaibhav as Gill’s slog sweep towards square leg is let through for a FOUR.
Harshit returns and he is smacked for a FOUR by Sudharsan on the first ball. A wide follows.
A slightly fuller ball but the southpaw safely negotiates it for a quick single. Nothing is breaching the stumps of these two batters.
FIFTY! Gill brings up his half-century with a single, almost giving Harshit a chance to run Sudharsan out at the other end, but the bowler’s football kick failed to guide the ball at the wickets.
First SIX of the innings! Sudharsan swivels and sends the ball over backward square leg for a maximum. The 100-run partnership is also brought up, and Sudharsan scores his fifty with a single.
Sunil Narine drags it short. Sudharsan pulls it for an easy four. Gill nudges one to deep mid wicket and scampers in a double. Brilliant running again from the two. Narine oversteps for the last ball. Freehit for Sudharsan. Just a single from it though. 
Huge leg break from Varun. Beats Gill. Shorter from Varun now. Swatted away by Gill for a four. Short against Sudharsan too. Pumped through extra cover for another four. GT innings looking to gain momentum. 
Sunil Narine with his first over of the day. Couple of singles to start the spell. Sudharsan nudges one to backward square and squeezes in a double. Good running between the wickets. 
Moeen Ali flights it in full and Gill launches it over mid wicket for a six. Gill continues to take on Moeen. Late cuts the off-spinner for a four and then flicks one over mid wicket for another four. 
Varun Chakaravarthy pitches his first ball outside the off. Gill swipes it for a four behind point. Better line from Varun for the rest of the over. Just three singles from thereon. 
Full and wide from Harshit Rana to start with and Gill frees his arms with glee. Crashed over covers for a four. Similar line from Harshit. Similar treatment from Gill. Cut away for a four. 
Another over for Moeen. Shubman Gill attempts an expansive slog sweep. Can’t get it past mid wicket. Not the best of the starts for the Titans skipper so far. 
Vaibhav Arora continues. Slides an away swinger in. Sudharsan guides it away for a four behind the square. Couple of singles follow. Fuller from Arora. Sudharsan needs no invitation. Cracks it through covers for a four. 
Moeen Ali with the second over. Sudharsan plays one off the back foot to the leg side. Single. Gill adds another with a push to long on. Moeen drifts one wide and Sudharsan flashes it through covers for the first four of the day. 
Vaibhav Arora with the first over. Starts with a wide. Sudharsan gets off the mark with a single. Arora swings a few into Shubman Gill. Defended off the front foot. On the pads and clipped away for a single. 
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
Impact options: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy
Impact options: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy
Kolkata Knight Riders wins the toss and elects to bowl against Gujarat Titans.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moeen Ali comes into the line-up for KKR.
Vijay Shankar, when he used to be a Gujarat Titans player, has smacked 114 runs in two innings, and is the top-scorer in this fixture.
With the ball, Mohammed Shami is the highest wicket-taker in this fixture, with six scalps from three innings.
Matches played: 91
Won: 53
Lost: 38
Highest Score: Punjab Kings 262/2 vs KKR (April 2024)
Lowest Score: Royal Challengers Bengaluru 49 all out vs KKR (April 2017)
Matches played: 4
KKR won: 1
GT won: 2
No result: 1
Last result: Match abandoned due to rain (May 2024)
Sahil Mathur decodes the workings of these tweakers:
From Mendis’ carrom ball to Narine’s tricks and Rathi’s fast googlies, mystery spin in T20 has shifted from turn to trajectory — and it’s still fooling batters.
WICKETKEEPERS
Jos Buttler, Quinton de Kock 
BATTERS
Sai Sudharshan, Shubhman Gill, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer 
ALL-ROUNDERS
Sunil Narine, Andre Russell 
BOWLERS
Varun Chakaravarthy, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj 
Team Composition: KKR 6:5 GT/ Credits left: 7
Kolkata Knight Riders lost its previous match to Punjab Kings while Gujarat Titans, its next opponent, comes into the match after a seven-wicket win over Delhi Capitals.
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI
Batting: 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.
Bowling: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora.
Impact Player options: Varun Chakaravarthy/Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Mayank Markande, Anukul Roy.
Gujarat Titans Predicted XI
Batting: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
Bowling: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma.
Impact Player options: Sherfane Rutherford/Ishant Sharma, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Washington Sundar.
Y. B. Sarangi previews the match:
After spoiling an opportunity to get full points against Punjab Kings, KKR must be concerned about its below-par totals and will seek to amend its batters’ reckless approach.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Spencer Johnson, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Chetan Sakariya.
GUJARAT TITANS
Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler, Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Dasun Shanaka, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Arshad Khan, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Karim Janat, Kulwant Khejroliya, Manav Suthar, Nishant Sindhu, Gurnoor Brar, Kumar Kushagra, Jayant Yadav.
Which TV channel will broadcast Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match?
The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match will be televised on the Star Sports Network in India.
How to watch the live streaming of Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match?
The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans IPL 2025 match will be streamed live JioHotstar.
Hello there! It’s matchday 39 of the Indian Premier League 2025 as defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders hosts table-topper Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens.
The Shubman Gill-led side has won five of its seven matches so far, its most recent win coming against Delhi Capitals.
For KKR, it is yet to win two consecutive matches this win. If the pattern is to be believed, the Ajinkya Rahane-captained team should win this clash after it failed to chase down a meagre 112 against Punjab Kings in its last fixture.
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