Gujarat Titans Vs Kolkata Knight Riders 13th Match 09 April 2023

13th T20 • Narendra Modi Stadium • Ahmedabad

Gujarat Titans

204/4 (20)

Kolkata Knight Riders

207/7 (20)

KKR won by 3 wickets

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Date & Time

09 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

13th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Tapan Sharma (India), Saiyed Khalid (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Weather

Clear sky with no chance of rain

Pitch Report

High scoring pitch with some help for pacers

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bat

Pitch Report

1st Innings

155Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

147Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 0

KKR

Venue Stats T20

Pitch Type Balanced Batter Friendly

Highest Score 201/6 (RR) VS DD (2014)

Lowest Score 102 (RR) VS SRH (2014)

Highest Chase 167/3 (DC) VS PBKS (2021)

Best Batting 106* VS RCB J. Butler (RR), 2022

Best Bowling 4/14 VS RR B. Kumar (SRH), 2014

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Gujarat Titans

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Sai Sudharsan

GT . BAT

84 Runs

2 Matches

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

KKR . WK

79 Runs

2 Matches

Shubman Gill

GT . BAT

77 Runs

2 Matches

Top Bowlers

Rashid Khan

GT . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Mohammed Shami

GT . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Varun Chakravarthy

KKR . BOWL

5 Wkts

2 Matches

Player of the Match Rinku Singh

48(21)

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

KKR

Info

Gujarat Titans

204/4 (20)

Batters

Wriddhiman Saha

100.00

c Jagadeesan b Narine

Shubman Gill

125.81

c Yadav b Narine

Sai Sudharsan

139.47

c (sub Roy) b Narine

Abhinav Manohar

175.00

b Sharma

Vijay Shankar

262.50

Not out

David Miller

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.2)

204/4

Did not Bat

Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Josh Little

Bowlers

EXT

Umesh Yadav

8.00

Shardul Thakur

13.33

Lockie Ferguson

10.00

Sunil Narine

8.25

Varun Chakaravarthy

13.50

Suyash Sharma

8.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Wriddhiman Saha

c Jagadeesan b Narine

1-33

4.2

Shubman Gill

c Yadav b Narine

2-100

11.4

Abhinav Manohar

b Sharma

3-118

13.3

Sai Sudharsan

c (sub Roy) b Narine

4-153

17.3

Kolkata Knight Riders

207/7 (20)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

125.00

c Yash Dayal b Shami

Narayan Jagadeesan

75.00

c Abhinav Manohar b Little

Venkatesh Iyer

207.50

c Gill b Joseph

Nitish Rana

155.17

c Shami b Joseph

Rinku Singh

228.57

Not out

Andre Russell

50.00

c (sub Bharat) b Khan

Sunil Narine

0.00

c (sub Yadav) b Khan

Shardul Thakur

0.00

lbw b Khan

Umesh Yadav

83.33

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.35)

207/7

Did not Bat

Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

Mohammad Shami

7.00

Josh Little

11.25

Alzarri Joseph

6.75

Yash Dayal

17.25

Rashid Khan

9.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c Yash Dayal b Shami

1-20

2.3

Narayan Jagadeesan

c Abhinav Manohar b Little

2-28

3.6

Nitish Rana

c Shami b Joseph

3-128

13.1

Venkatesh Iyer

c Gill b Joseph

4-154

15.5

Andre Russell

c (sub Bharat) b Khan

5-155

16.1

Sunil Narine

c (sub Yadav) b Khan

6-155

16.2

Shardul Thakur

lbw b Khan

7-155

16.3

Match Info

Date & Time

09 Apr, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

TV/Streaming

Star Sports / Jio Cinema

Match

13th T20,

Indian Premier League

Umpires

Nitin Menon (India), Tapan Sharma (India), Saiyed Khalid (India, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Weather

Clear sky with no chance of rain

Pitch Report

High scoring pitch with some help for pacers

Toss

Gujarat Titans elected to bat

W W W 0 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 2

0 1 1 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 5

1wd 1wd 1 b 0 0 6 4

Over 19

Runs: 13

1 6 6 6 6 6

Over 20

Runs: 31

All Overs

Player of the Match Rinku Singh

48(21)

Player of the Series Shubman Gill

Commentary

A humdinger to say the least as not a single person in their wildest dream would have expected Rinku Singh to pull this off. Don't remember seeing someone smash five consecutive sixes to win it for his team. Carlos Brathwaite hit four consecutive sixes in the T20 World Cup final in 2016 but Rinku went a step ahead, smashing five in a row. It will take some time to sink in but the IPL action continues with Sunrisers Hyderabad currently locking horns with the Punjab Kings. Please switch tabs to follow that match but for now this is me, Arya Sekhar Chakraborty signing off also on behalf of my fellow commentator Karthik Raj.

Rinku Singh (Player of the Match): I had the belief that I can do that, even last year I played a knock like this against Lucknow. Rana bhai asked me to keep calm. Umesh was telling me to play according to the merit of the bowler. I wasn’t thinking much, playing according to the deliveries. It was the back of the hand delivery which I clubbed for a six.

Nitish Rana (Kolkata Knight Riders captain): Definitely sir, the belief was there as Rinku had done it laast year. When two sixes were struck, the belief was there. As a captain I have to keep the belief but to be honest you can only win one out of hundred games like this. The last two overs didn’t go our way. Rashid Khan’s one over put us on the backfoot. Today’s two points solely belong to Rinku Singh. People had asked me why Rinku keeps playing the second fiddle, now I can say that if this is second role then god knows what will happen.

Time for the post-match presentation ceremony with Sanjay Manjrekar.

Rashid Khan (Gujarat Titans captain): A tough game for us especially as a captain. Same things happened with us last year when we won a few close matches. A good game of cricket and hopefully the fans would have enjoyed. (What Yash Dayal was told before the over) It was more about bowling the ball that he was comfortable with. Rinku played some unbelievable shots. He tried his best deliveries but it did not work. (On his hat-trick) Just keep it simple. Hit the right area consistently. As a bowler, I am always trying my best to hit the right areas. (Whether he was happy with the total) We got what we wanted. We wanted 190-plus and we got more than 200. In T20s, sometimes even 250 is not enough to defend. Lots of things for us to learn and we have to take positives out of this game and come back stronger. Next game, we will try our best to come back stronger. (On the Impact sub rule) It is good, something new happening in the format.

Venkatesh Iyer: It was a nail-biting finish. Our coach has always said that we can score 200 on any given day. Honestly, the wicket was quite good to bat. When the target is 200, you can't have silent overs. Unfortunately somewhere we lost our way but Lord Rinku saved the day. To be honest, we still believed that we could win. This teaches us that we should never give up until the last ball. First game, we were a little unlucky due to rain. This will be a great morale-booster for us. We want to make winning a habit. I am not surprised that we scored 200 because the players have been given clarity. I haven't been in great form. Tonight, just wanted to play late as the ball was coming onto the bat. Just tried to use the bowlers' pace as their seamers were pretty quick

Kolkata Knight Riders won by 3 wickets (on the final delivery of the match)

Gujarat Titans 204/4 in 20 overs

Vijay Shankar 63*(24) | Sai Sudarshan 53(38)
Sunil Narine 3/33(4) | Suyash Sharma 1/35(4)

Kolkata Knight Riders 207/7 in 20 overs

Venkatesh Iyer 83(40) | Rinku Singh 48*(21)
Rashid Khan 3/37(4) | Alzarri Joseph 2/27(4)

Kolkata Knight Riders needed to bat out of their skin if they harboured hopes of chasing down the stiff target of 205. After an impressive opening over Mohammed Shami, KKR found momentum with a four and a six of the second over. However, two quick wickets of both opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Narayan Jagadeesan put them on the back foot.

KKR desperately needed a partnership and it was provided by the duo of Venkatesh Iyer and the skipper Nitish Rana. Venkatesh found his range right from the word go and looked in complete command of proceedings. Rana started off cautiously but slowly got into the act himself.

Iyer looked like a man possessed as he found the boundaries on a consistent basis and the GT bowlers were left scratching their heads. Rana was dismissed at a crucial juncture after making 45 off 29 deliveries but Iyer kept going hard. Just when it looked, he would take them over the line, he was dismissed by Alzarri which got GT back into the contest.

The match was in the balance when Rashid Khan came onto bowl the 17th over and turned it on its head. The magician who was having an off day up until then bagged a hat-trick to tilt the scales heavily in favour of the bowling team. Josh Little and Mohammed Shami then bowled two tight overs to almost seal the game for GT.

With 28 required off the last 5 deliveries of the match, Rinku Singh did the unthinkable by smashing Yash Dayal for five consecutive sixes. A hat-trick of sixes to full tosses was followed by a swat across the line over the long on fence for a couple more to seal the deal for KKR. The celebrations will be wild make no mistake.

This is not real, pinch me and say this is not real. What more have we store in the IPL? Rinku Singh might just have played the finest T20 knocks of all time. 28 was required of the last 5 deliveries and he smashed five monstrous sixes to seal the deal for KKR. Haven't seen anything like this in my lifetime. KKR has won by 3 wickets. A spare of thought for Yash Dayal but you cant take anything away from the left-hander. Lord Rinku, cometh the hour, cometh the man.

overs

207 /7 score

runs

Rinku Singh *

48 (21)

Umesh Yadav

5 (6)

Yash Dayal

0 /69

19.6 Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, SIX MORE!! WHAT HAVE WE JUST WITNESSED HERE? Short delivery, Rinku flat-bats it straight down the ground for a maximum. Unbelievable stuff from Rinku to pull off five consecutive sixes. He has brought back KKR from the dead. Who would have thought this possible at the start of the over!

This is simply unbelievable from Rinku Singh. What a knock he is playing. Four in four now. Can Rinku pull this out of the hat?

19.5 Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, SIX MORE! WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE? Slow and short from Dayal, Rinku waits and pulls it hard over long-on for a maximum. KKR are just four away from a miraculous win!

Goodness gracious, this is game on folks. Rinku Singh is lighting up the stadium with his heroics. Rashid Khan trying to calm his bowler down. 10 needed off the last 2 deliveries. Incredible hitting from Rinku. Can he do the unthinkable for KKR?

19.4 Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, HAT-TRICK OF SIXES! RINKU IS PUTTING ON A SHOW! Juicy full-toss with with, Rinku cracks it over deep extra-cover for a maximum. There is a massive discussion with Dayal now! Pressure, pressure, pressure!

This game is not quite over yet. Yash Dayal being taken to the cleaners and the two back to back maximums have made things interesting here 16 needed off 3 deliveries now.

19.3 Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, SIX MORE! THIS IS UNREAL! Full-toss angling down leg, Rinku whips it over deep backward square-leg for a maximum. Very poor execution from Dayal!

19.2 Yash Dayal to Rinku Singh, SENSATIONAL STROKE! Full-toss with width, Rinku crunches it over deep extra-cover for a maximum. He is playing a lone hand here!

19.1 Yash Dayal to Umesh Yadav, short and slow outside-off, Umesh mis-times the pull shot to long-on. Single taken

Yash Dayal [3-0-38-0] is back into the attack.

Good finish to the over but this should be too little too late for them. Joshua Little started off well and kept them under check and last two boundaries won't have a significant impact in the context of the game.

overs

176 /7 score

1wd

runs

Rinku Singh *

18 (16)

Umesh Yadav

4 (5)

Josh Little

1 /45

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