IPL 2023, Gujarat Titans Vs Kolkata Knight Riders: GT Win Toss, Opt To Bat First

Rashid Khan is leading GT, as Hardik Pandya is unwell and misses out; Vijay Shankar comes in as his replacement. KKR make two changes, bringing in Lockie Ferguson for Tim Southee and N Jagadeesan for Mandeep Singh.

PTI

Updated on: 9 April 2023 9:37 am

In the only meeting between both sides, GT beat KKR by 8 runs.

Gujarat Titans won the toss and elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match in Ahmedabad on Sunday. (More Cricket News) | (Scorecard)

Afghan spinner Rashid Khan will lead GT in place of regular skipper Hardik Pandya, who is unwell and will miss the game.

GT made one forced change, bringing in Vijay Shankar in place of regular skipper Hardik.

KKR made two changes with Lockie Ferguson and N Jagadeesan coming in for Tim Southee and Mandeep Singh.

Teams:

Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan (c) Alzarri Joseph, Josh Little, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.

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