KKR vs GT IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans (GT) defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 39 runs in the 39th match of IPL 2025. The exciting match was played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata, where Gujarat batted first after losing the toss and scored 198 runs losing 3 wickets in 20 overs. In response, KKR’s team could score 159 runs for 8 wickets.
Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan’s stormy batting
For Gujarat, captain Shubman Gill played a brilliant innings of 90 runs, while Sai Sudarshan scored 52 runs. Jose Butler also contributed 41 runs. Thanks to these three, GT scored a huge score of 199 runs.
For Kolkata, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Andre Russell took 1-1 wickets.
Kolkata’s innings scattered
KKR, who started chasing the target of 199 runs, did not start well and the team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Captain Ajinkya Rahane definitely scored 50 runs, but other batsmen could not stand. Raghuvanshi scored 27, Russell 21, Rinku Singh and Naren scored 17-17 runs. The entire team could reach 159 runs in the scheduled 20 overs.
Gujarat bowlers Pradidh Krishna and Rashid Khan took 2-2 wickets, while Mohammad Siraj, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Washington Sundar and Ishant Sharma took one wicket each.
Playing XI of both teams (KKR vs GT)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (Captain), Jose Butler (wicketkeeper), Sherfen Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Shah Rukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Princid Krishna, Mohammad Siraj