Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted XI vs Gujarat Titans: Will Jason Roy Make His IPL 2023 Debut?

09.04.2023 - 07:57 sports.ndtv.com

After a comprehensive victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) regroup to take on the defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) in their third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 campaign.

With Shakib Al Hasan ruling himself out of the tournament, the Knight Riders picked Jason Roy as his replacement. Up against the Titans who haven't lost a single game since the start of the season, could the Kolkata franchise give the English opener his debut for the season?

With Jason Roy being roped in to give the side a boost following the injury to regular captain Shreyas Iyer and the pullout of Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, it would be interesting to see how KKR fit the England opener after young Afghanistan wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz's exploits at the top.

Gurbaz scored a quick 22 against Punjab Kings, which KKR lost by seven runs (DLS method). But the 21-year-old was a revelation against RCB, laying the foundation for a 200-plus total against RCB with a fighting fifty before Shardul Thakur's pyrotechnics took the team to a massive 204.

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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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