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IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Dafanews Match Preview

The defending champions Gujarat Titans will lock horns against Kolkata Knight Riders at their home venue of Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday. GT has won both of their matches and sits at the top of the points table whereas KKR has won one and lost one so far in IPL 2023.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Last two matches for GT: W W

The Hardik Pandya-led team could not have asked for a better start as they won their opening clash against CSK and then also won against DC while playing away. The bowlers had done a great job against DC and then Sai Sudharsan had played a match-winning knock of 62 runs.

Last two matches for KKR: W L

KKR won their previous match against RCB by a huge margin of 81 runs and that win must have added a shot in their arm. Shardul Thakur rescued the team when they were struggling at 89-5 and then Varun Chakravarthy bowled a superb spell to take four wickets.

Head to Head: Matches: 1, Won by GT: 1, Won by KKR: 0.

GT had won the previous season contest against KKR.

Players to watch out for: Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, and Mohammed Shami are going to hold the key for GT.

Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer are going to hold the key for KKR.

GT Squad for IPL 2023: Wicketkeepers: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade (AUS), KS Bharat, Urvil Patel.

Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller (SA), Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson (NZ).

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Odean Smith (WI).

Bowlers: Alzarri Joseph (WI), Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad (AFG), R. Sai Kishore, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Joshua Little (IRE), Shivam Mavi.

KKR IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), N. Jagadeesan, Litton Das (BAN).

Batters: Jason Roy, Nitish Rana ©, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh.

All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel (WI), Shardul Thakur, David Wiese (NAM).

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya.

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