GT vs KKR Live Score, IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans Eye No. 1 Spot With Win Over Kolkata Knight Riders

09.04.2023 - 09:33 sports.ndtv.com

GT vs KKR, IPL 2023 Live Updates: Holders Gujarat Titans eye a hat-trick of wins when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Apart from the home advantage, GT have the players to achieve their goals, and it has been all too visible in the first two games of the season.

On the other hand, fresh from their mauling of Royal Challengers Bangalore, KKR would be keen to show the win was not a flash in the pan.

Jason Roy is available for selection for KKR, but it will be interesting to see whether he will get straight into the playing XI.

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A resurgent Gujarat Titans, boasting a power-packed bowling unit, will come in the way of Kolkata Knight Riders' revival hopes when the two teams cross swords in the IPL on Saturday. The home side's misfiring campaign finally came on track after they fired in unison to snap their four-match losing streak with a convincing win at Bangalore. In a season their Caribbean star duo of Andre Russell and Sunil Narine are yet to fire, the low-profile KKR side without their regular skipper Shreyas Iyer may just have found a trump card in Jason Roy.

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