KKR vs GT IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders eye Gujarat Titans encounter Cricket News
KOLKATA: Kolkata Knight Riders are looking at some home truths as they prepare to host defending champions Gujarat Titans at the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
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After eliminating Royal Challengers Bangalore’s challenger, Nitish Rana and his team have woken up on the wrong side of the bed twice at home, forcing many to question their ability to cross the border. KKR’s latest win over RCB in the return leg at Chinnaswamy, however, could be an indicator of their search for balance and efficacy. Apart from ending their four-match losing streak, it has displayed a blueprint on which the team management is looking to thrive.
The opening pair has been a bone of contention for the team for a long time. However, the way jason roy And Narayan Jagadeesan – His sixth opening combination in eight innings – went about grooming the innings in Bengaluru, without losing a wicket in the powerplay for the first time this term, managing the headache could be a relief.
Moreover, the win – KKR’s third this season – was characterized more by teamwork than any miraculous scripting individual show, such as Rinku Singh’s act of pulling a rabbit out of the hat in Ahmedabad. If the visit of Hardik Pandya & Co. gives KKR a chance to pull off a double take on the defending champions, the hosts will surely rise to the challenge as a team. Any talk of his revival in the coming days can be defined in this way.
Rana & Co. isn’t entering some uncharted waters, however. Back in 2014, the team had landed in a similar situation, losing four matches in a row, before rising like a phoenix from the ashes and clinching the championship on the back of a nine-match winning streak.
Ranked 7th with 6 points from 8 matches, can KKR recreate the past? wicketkeeper of titans Wriddhiman Saha Reminded everyone that Rinku’s dazzle in Ahmedabad should be seen as an exception and not the rule. Saha said, “Such things happen once in 1000 or maybe a lakh matches. It was Rinku’s day, not (bowler) Yash Dayal’s.”
Be it sealing close matches against LSG or outsmarting fellow contenders like CSK in the past, the Titans under Pandya have already collected 10 points and look to be a confident team. From Saha and Shubman Gill david miller And Rahul TewatiaThey have a few players in the top order who are capable of turning the game on its head. Whereas Mohammed Shami And Rashid is leading their attack, experienced Mohit Sharma He has also shown that he still has a fire in his belly.
On the other hand, Sunil Naren And andre russellThe two surviving members of KKR’s 2014-winning side are still in it, though their ability to single-handedly and regularly change the contours of a game seems to be a thing of the past.
This leaves KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit with the uphill task of holding together a break-and-make situation, aware of the fact that one more defeat will severely dent their playoff hopes. It remains to be seen how they rise to the challenge of overcoming the odds of the Titans and raising hopes in their campaign of struggle.
Lytton returns home
Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das Came back home to attend to a “family medical emergency”, according to a KKR official. There is no update regarding his return. The 28-year-old played just one match against Delhi Capitals.
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