After defeating Kolkata, Gujarat strengthened at the top

Baishak 9, 2082

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After defeating Kolkata, Gujarat strengthened at the top

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Captain Shubman Gill's impressive innings led Gujarat Titans to a 39-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket on Monday. With this, Gujarat has further strengthened the top spot. This is Gujarat's sixth win in 8 matches.

After Gill scored 90 runs in 55 balls, Gujarat lost the toss and came into bat. Player of the match Gill hit 10 fours and 3 sixes. He added 114 runs in 13 overs with the opening pair Sai Sudarshan. Sudarshan, the highest run-scorer of the

tournament, scored 52 runs by hitting 5 fours and 1 six in 36 balls. Jos Buttler remained unbeaten on 41 off 23 balls with 9 fours. Shah Rukh Khan scored an unbeaten 11 runs off 5 balls. Kolkata's Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana and Andre Russell took 1 wicket each.

Although Ajinkya Rahane scored 50 runs, Kolkata lost 8 wickets and scored only 159 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, who was brought in place of Quinton de Kock, could score only 1 run. Sunil Narine scored 17 runs, Vankatesh Air scored 14 runs, Rinku Singh scored 17 runs and Russell scored 21 runs. Captain Rahane hit 5 fours and 1 six while playing 36 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi remained unbeaten on 27 runs with 3 fours and 1 six off 13 balls.

The top wicket takers for Gujarat were Krishna and Rashid Khan who took 2 wickets each. Both spent the same 25 runs in 4 overs. Mohammad Siraj, Ishant Sharma, Washington Sundar and Sai Kishore took 1 wicket each. This is Kolkata's fifth loss in 8 matches.

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