KKR vs GT Highlights: Kolkata Knight Riders win by three wickets vs Gujarat Titans

 Rinku Singh hits four sixes in four balls and has reduced the equation the equation to 4 off 1 ball

 Rinku Singh hits Yash Dayal for 5 sixes and has won Kolkata an almost lost match 

Kolkata Knight Riders defeat Gujarat Titans by three wickets in Ahmedabad

Kolkata Knight Riders need 42 off 12 balls 

Rashid Khan picks hat trick and dismisses Shardul Thakur 

Rashid Khan gets two in two as Sunil Narayan walks 

Andre Russell gets out for 1 to Rashid Khan and KKR are 155/5

Venkatesh Iyer gets out for 83 to  Alzarri Joseph 

15 overs have been bowled as Kolkata Knight Riders are 149/3

 Nitish Rana falls to Alzarri Joseph for 45

100 up for the partnership between Nitish Rana and Shreyas Iyer 

 Venkatesh Iyer nearing half-century and is playing on 46 off 24 balls 

 Venkatesh Iyer hits fifty in 26 balls as Kolkata Knight Riders are 103/2 

Rashid Khan in to the attack as KKR are 68/2 in eight overs

Venkatesh Iyer leading Kolkata Knight Riders' charge 

Kolkata Knight Riders end powerplay at 37/2

Narayan Jagadeesan falls to Joshua Little for 6, Kolkata Knight Riders are 28/2

Rahmanullah Gurbaz has started to attack Mohammed Shami and Joshua Little

Yash Dayal takes a blinder to dismiss Rahmanullah Gurbaz 

Kolkata Knight Riders begin proceedings and are 2/0 after 1st over 

Vijay Shankar hits hat trick of sixes and takes GT past 200 

Gujarat Titans finish at 204/4 against Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad

 Kolkata Knight Riders need 205 to win in 20 overs against Gujarat Titans 

Vijay Shankar puts exhibition of boundaries as Gujarat Titans are 177/4 in 18.4 overs 

Sai Sudarshan gets out for 53 as Gujarat Titans are 153/4

 Sai Sudarshan hits fifty in 34 balls for Gujarat Titans 

 Sai Sudarshan nearing half-century as GT are 144/3 in 16 overs

15 overs have bowled as Gujarat Titans are 132/3

Abhinav Manohar departs, Gujarat Titans are 118//3 

 Abhinav Manohar hits hat trick of boundaries to Umesh Yadav

Shubman Gill falls to Sunil Narine for 39 as Gujarat Titans touch 100 run mark

Gujarat Titans have scored score 68/1 after 8 overs

Shubman Gill has started to accelerate after Wridhiman Saha's wicket

Gujarat Titans are 31/0 at the end of four overs

 Wridhiman Saha departs after Jagadeesan takes a blinder, Gujarat Titans are 33/1

Three overs have been bowled as Gujarat Titans are 24/0

 First boundary for Gujarat Titans courtesy Wridhiman Saha and they are 9/0 in 1.2 overs. 

 Shardul Thakur comes into the attack for the Kolkata Knight Riders 

Shubman Gill and Wridhiman Saha start proceedings for Gujarat Titans 

Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Players: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese

 Gujarat Titans Impact Players:  Joshua Little, Jayant Yadav, KS Bharat, Matthew Wade, Mohit Sharma

Gujarat Titans have won the toss in Ahmedabad and have opted to bowl first vs Kolkata Knight Riders 

Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya didn't come out for the toss against Kolkata Knight Riders and in his place, Rashid Khan came in as the stand-by captain. According to Rashid, Hardik is unwell and will be back in the next match. 

Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, S Sudarshan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan (c), Josh Little, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Md. Shami

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI:  Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Toss to get underway in a few minutes' time in the 13th match of the Indian Premier League between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders. 

Gujarat Titans Playing XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, S Sudarshan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Hardik Pandya (c) Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Md. Shami

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Suyash Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

With Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad both teams will be aiming to grab a win and strengthen their position in the points table. With both the teams having balanced squads its hard to predict who wins the match. 

In the match 13 of the IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Gujarat Titans. Both the teams stand at 4 points on the points table and would be looking to pick 3rd victory of the campaign. Who would succeed? We'll know after the action will proceed.

With Gujarat Titans emerging at the IPL scene in 2022, both teams have come across once once till now. It is the defending champions, who have a victory under their belt. Thus, today KKR will have the task of leveling the score.

The match will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium and it scheduled to start at 3:30 PM IST.

Both the teams are square on points. However, today marks the opportunity for both to climb to the top of the table. Here's the IPL 2023 Updated Points Table.

KKR full squad: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Weise, Kulwant Khejrolia, Mandeep Singh, Litton Das, Jason Roy. 

GT full squad: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson, Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma