Tata IPL 2022 KKR vs GT HIGHLIGHTS: Gujarat Titans hold nerves, win by 8 runs

The Kolkata Knight Riders had a disappointing start to the chase after losing early wickets and the side was reduced to 34/4 before Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh tried to steady the ship. The two batters put in a stand of 45 runs for the fifth wicket. 
But Rinku’s dismissal was followed by wickets at regular intervals and it was only Andre Russell who took on the bowlers but couldn’t take the team over the line. KKR were eventually restricted to 148/8 in 20 overs. 

Rashid Khan was adjudged man of the match after he returned with figures of 2/22 in 4 overs.

Alzarri Joseph made a brilliant comeback after being hit for a maximum in the final over. The right-arm pacer first removed Andre Russell and then successfully defended the target as well as Gujarat Titans clinched a win by 8 runs.

Gujarat Titans hold nerves, win by 8 runs

WICKET! That’s a huge wicket. Joseph bowls this short and Russell gives himself some room to go for the slog but couldn’t really connect his stroke. Ferguson runs back and takes a stunning catch in the deep.

SIX! Joseph misses his yorker and Andre Russell smashes that full toss for HUGEEEEE MAXIMUM!

After 19 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 139/7 ( Andre Russell 42 , Umesh Yadav 13)

Russell gets an important six in that over and KKR now need 18 in the final over

SIX! Andre Russell goes straighy back. Dayal bowls a length ball in the slot and Russell clears his front leg and smashes that for a six.

After 18 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 128/7 ( Andre Russell 32 , Umesh Yadav 12)

Umesh Yadav gets an important six in that over and KKR do think they have a genuine chance here.

SIX! Umesh Yadav joins tha party here. Ferguson goes short and Yadav swings the bat and gets a six at deep mid-wicket.

After 17 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 120/7 ( Andre Russell 31 , Umesh Yadav 5)

A good over from Shami despite being hit for a maximum. He just gives 8 in that one.

SIX! Shami bowls that short and outside off and Russell cuts that for another maximum.

After 16 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 112/7 ( Andre Russell 24 , Umesh Yadav 4)

Rashid has troubled the batter thoroughly in his last over and scalped another wicket for his side.

FOUR! A brilliant delivery from Rashid. That one just came into the right-hander and takes the inside edge of the bat and races away to the boundary.

WICKET! Rashid Khan cleans up Mavi with a googly. The batter totally misread the ball and it dismantles the wood work behind him.

After 15 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 107/6 ( Andre Russell 23 , Shivam Mavi 2)

Russell scored a maximum in that over but he needs to get a few more to keep KKR in the hunt.

SIX! Ferguson misses the yorker and bowls a wide full toss. Russell doesn’t miss out on dispatching that over long off.

After 14 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 99/6 ( Andre Russell 16 , Shivam Mavi 1)

Another one bites the dust for KKR as they lose Venkatesh Iyer. They need someone to stick around with Russell. He is in some good form.

WICKET! What a CATCHHH from Abhinav Manohar. Venkatesh Iyer took the aerial route against Rashid Khan and stroke that one away towards the deep mid-wicket area but Manohar made sure that he grabs a blinder and also stays inside. What a brilliant judgement from the fielder.

After 13 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 98/5 ( Venkatesh Iyer 17 , Andre Russell 16)

Andre Russell is the key now. He is dealing in sixes at the moment.

SIX! Another one goes out of the park. This time he pulls the length but Russell in his zone at the moment. He clears the front leg and smashes that for another maximum to the on side.

SIX! Dayal is under some pressure now. He tries to bowl a yorker but completely misses the length. Russell hammers that full toss for a maximum.

This could have been another wicket. Russell was in trouble while negotiating that short length delivery from Dayal. He got some bat on it but couldn’t connect the shot and was caught at deep fine leg. But that’s a NO-BALL. He survives and what a day Dre Russ is having.

FOUR! Russell gives himself room on the short one, tries to pull that one away but gets a top edge and that has gone to the boundary around third man area.

WICKET! Here’s the breakthrough. Rinku Singh once again steps out on the back of the length ball from Dayal and tries to work that towards the on side but only manages to get an under edge. Saha completes a brilliant catch behind the stumps to send him packing. Singh departs for 35 off 28.

After 12 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 79/4 ( Rinku Singh 35 , Venkatesh Iyer 16)

Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh are stitching an important stand here. They are keeping the required rate under control at the moment.

FOUR! Joseph bowls that short and quick and Rinku Singh who had stepped down the track was a bit uncomfortable but manages to get a top edge and the ball fies over the wicket-keeper’s head for a four.

After 11 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 71/4 ( Rinku Singh 29 , Venkatesh Iyer 14)

It’s important for these two batters to keep the scoreboard moving. They are scoring runs at the moment and have steadied the ship.

FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer goes straight back past the bowler to get a boundary on that fuller length ball.

After 10 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 63/4 ( Rinku Singh 27 , Venkatesh Iyer 8)

Venkatesh Iyer gets going and scores an important boundary in the over.

FOUR! Venkatesh Iyer shuffles across and plays that scoop perfectly. He gets a boundary.

After 9 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 57/4 ( Rinku Singh 26 , Venkatesh Iyer 3)

Venkatesh Iyer and Rinku Singh are trying to provide the resistance to the side.

After 8 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 50/4 ( Rinku Singh 21 , Venkatesh Iyer 1)

A good over for KKR as they get a couple of boundaries in this one but they still need runs from these two to get back on track in the game.

FOUR! Ferguson once again tries to bowl a yorker and once again misses his line as Rinku Singh pushes that through the covers for another boundary.

FOUR! Ferguson looks for a yorker but completely misses his line. Rinku Singh who was already coming down the track places that well through mid on for a boundary.

After 7 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 41/4 ( Rinku Singh 13 , Venkatesh Iyer 1)

The Kolkata Knight Riders are on a backfoot after losing early wickets. Rinku Singh and Venkatesh Iyer need to steady the ship for the side. Rinku is looking good at the moment while it is an opportunity for Venkatesh to get back in some form.

FOUR! A good shot from Rinku Singh. He places that well through the covers for a boundary.

WICKET! Another one. What a bowling this is from Gujarat Titans. Dayal bowls that back of a length, moving away from the right-hander and Iyer just edges that one. Saha takes an easy catch behind the stumps. KKR lose their fourth.

After 6 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 34/3 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 12 , Rinku Singh 8)

Rinku Singh got a maximum in that over but KKR need a few more of those

SIX! Rinku Singh gets into the act and helps that short delivery outside the leg stump line on its way for a maximum over deep fine leg.

After 5 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 24/3 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 11 , Rinku Singh 1)

Kolkata Knight Riders are in a spot of bother after losing three early wickets.

SIX! Shreyas Iyer takes the advantage of the pace on that one. He shuffles across and then gives himself room to smash that over deep backward point.

WICKET! The UltraEdge shows the spike which means Nitish Rana will have to walk back. It was a quick delivery, pitched touch back of the length from Ferguson who was bowling round the wicket to Rana. The ball just brushes the outside edge as the left-hander tries to play that late but couldn’t connect the stroke. The on-field umpire had turned down the appeal before Hardik Pandya went upstairs. That’s third one gone down for KKR and they are surely in trouble now.

After 4 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 16/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 4 , Nitish Rana 2)

A good over from Joseph. He troubled the batters with the pace and bounce. The GT bowlers are certainly out with a plan and have been bowling in some good areas.

FOUR! Joseph bowls that a touch fuller, on to the stumps but Shreyas Iyer makes room for himself and strokes that over covers for a boundary.

After 3 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 11/2 ( Shreyas Iyer (C) 0 , Nitish Rana 1)

Shami picked up another wicket in the over, leaving KKR in a spot of bother.

WICKET! Another one for Shami and Gujarat Titans and what a good catch from Lockie Ferguson. A back of the length delivery from Shami around the leg stump channel which didn’t really have much pace and Narine just tries to negotiate that on the on-side but plays that in the air and Ferguson stationed at short fine leg completes a good running catch towards his left.

After 2 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 10/1 ( Sunil Narine 5 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 0)

Dayal peppered Narine with some short deliveries while deceived Iyer with pace. A good over from the bowler despite being hit for a boundary first up.

FOUR! Dayal bowls that back of the length, outside off and Narine smashes that hard through the off side for a boundary.

After 1 overs,Kolkata Knight Riders 5/1 ( Sunil Narine 0 , Shreyas Iyer (C) 0)

Shami has provided Gujarat Titans with an early breakthrough as he removes Billings.

WICKET! Mohammed Shami has the last laugh. The right-hander bangs that short and Billings tries to pull that one but couldn’t really time his stroke. The ball goes high in the air and the wicket-keeper takes a good catch. Billings depart for 4 off 4.

FOUR! Sam Billings gets off the mark with a perfect. Plays that length ball on the rise and gets a boundary through mid-off.

After losing an early wicket, the Titans looked in control with Hardik Pandya and Wriddhiman Saha at the crease before the wicket-keeper batter departed for 25 off 25. 

Pandya was then joined by David Miller and the two batters then chipped in with a stand of 50 runs. Miller was eventually undone by Shivam Mavi for a 20-ball 27 which certainly broke the shackles and the Gujarat side began to lose wickets at quick succession. 

But the real drama unfolded when Andre Russell got the ball in the final over and he returned with figures of 4/5 in one over.

After 20 overs,Gujarat Titans 156/9 ( Alzarri Joseph 1 , )

What a terrfic over this was from Russell. He bagged a four-fer at the cost of five wickets as KKR have managed to restrict GT at 156/9 in 20 overs.

WICKET! MANNN. WHAT AN OVER this has been from Dre Russ. Bowls a perfect yorker and Dayal plays that straight back to Russell who completes a forward diving stunner in the follow through to take his fourth wicket.

WICKET! Another instance of a four followed by a dismissal. Russell bowls this length ball outside off, Tewatia goes deep in the crease but coulnd’t really connect his stroke and gives a catch to Rinku Singh in the deep. This is the third wicket in the over for Russell.

WICKET! That’s two in two. Short delivery from Andre Russell, Ferguson pulls the ball with perfection but found the fielder at deep mid-wicket area. Rinku Sugh who was stationed at the position takes another brilliant catch.

WICKET! Another one bites the dust. Andre Russell strikes on the first ball that he bowls. It was a slower one in the slot that Manohar tried to slog it but miscued his stroke completely and Rinku Singh completes a good catch at deep mid-wicket.

After 19 overs,Gujarat Titans 151/5 ( Rahul Tewatia 13 , Abhinav Manohar 2)

Mavi went for some runs in this penultimate over but the run flow has certainly gone down.

FOUR! Slower, short delivery, outside off from Mavi and Tewatia throws the bat on it, the ball takes the outside edge and flies over backward point for a four.

After 18 overs,Gujarat Titans 140/5 ( Rahul Tewatia 5 , Abhinav Manohar 0)

What an over from Southee as he scalps two important wickets in the over.

WICKET! Another short delivery from Southee and Rashid tries to pull the ball away but couldn’t control the stroke as the ball rises up. Umesh Yadav takes the catch at mid-wicket.

WICKET! A brilliant catch from Rinku Singh as he covers a good ground to grab the ball. Southee bowls this short and Pandya pulls the ball but couldn’t really time it well. Rinku runs in and completes a good catch at deep mid-wicket region.

After 17 overs,Gujarat Titans 137/3 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 67 , Rahul Tewatia 3)

A good over from Mavi. He gets the important breakthrough and has deceived the batters with his pace.

WICKET! Pace off from Mavi as he bowls a short one to Miller who tried to pull that away only manages to top-edge the ball. Umesh Yadav completes a sitter at backward point region. Millers departs for 27 off 20 and KKR finally have a breakthrough.

After 16 overs,Gujarat Titans 132/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 66 , David Miller 27)

A decent over from Narine but the Gujarat Titans’ batters have frustrated the KKR bowlers. The Knight Riders are in a search of wicket.

After 15 overs,Gujarat Titans 127/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 63 , David Miller 25)

Hardik Pandya has continued to dominate the KKR bowlers. He is scoring runs at a brisk pace and Gujarat Titans would now be eyeing a big total.

FOUR! You can’t bowl short to Pandya especially when he is in that kind of a form. The right-hander just pulls that with authority for a boundary towards the on side.

After 14 overs,Gujarat Titans 115/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 55 , David Miller 22)

Miller has started to get into the groove now. He got a boundary of a miscued stroke but smashes a maximum to give glimpse of his form.

SIX! This time Miller connects that well. Narine bowls full and in the slot. Miller clears the front leg and hammers that between long on and mid-wicket

FOUR! Another boundary. Narine bowls that full and outside off. Miller throws the bat on it and the ball flies over the first slip for a four.

After 13 overs,Gujarat Titans 102/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 55 , David Miller 10)

Tim Southee has bowled another good over. He hasn’t really let the batters open their arms and take on the bowling.

After 12 overs,Gujarat Titans 96/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 51 , David Miller 9)

Pandya is looking in good form while Miller needs to get his eye in before going for his strokes.

FIFTY! Hardik Pandya has continued his form and notched up a half-century.

SIX! An absolute misjudgement from the fielder. Miller takes the aerial route against Sunil Narine and Venkatesh Iyer who was stationed at long off grabs the ball at the boundary but touches the ropes.

After 11 overs,Gujarat Titans 86/2 ( Hardik Pandya (C) 49 , David Miller 1)

KKR finally get the breakthrough in this over as Umesh Yadav removes Saha

WICKET! A boundary followed by a wicket. Saha had shuffled across earlier and played a touch back of the length delivery for a boundary over fine leg but fails to time the ball this time. He once again wanted to go for the paddle scoop but Yadav bowled that one way outside off and Saha couldn’t really do much about it and ends up giving an easy one to venkatesh Iyer at backward point.

After 10 overs,Gujarat Titans 78/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 21 , Hardik Pandya (C) 46)

A good comeback from Chakaravarthy as he just gives away 5 runs in this over and kept the batters silent.

After 9 overs,Gujarat Titans 73/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 18 , Hardik Pandya (C) 44)

Umesh Yadav has certainly put some breaks on the scoring-rate in this over.

After 8 overs,Gujarat Titans 69/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 17 , Hardik Pandya (C) 41)

Pandya has continued with his onslaught. He is looking dangerous at the moment and not letting the bowlers settle down.

SIX! Pandya welcomes Chakaravarthy in his style. The spinner bowls that length ball, outside off and Pandya reaches the line of the ball and strokes it over wide long-off.

After 7 overs,Gujarat Titans 61/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 16 , Hardik Pandya (C) 34)

Mavi looked to be in good touch before this over but that six from Hardik put the youngster under some pressure and he ends up leaking runs in this one.

FOUR! A boundary to follow that six. Mavi goes full this time and Hardik drives that through the covers.

SIX! What a shot from Panyda. Mavi didn’t really do anything wrong their. He bowled that back of the length ball and Hardik just plays that fine over third man region.

After 6 overs,Gujarat Titans 47/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 16 , Hardik Pandya (C) 21)

A good first over from Sunil Narine as he just gives 4 runs in that one. The fielding has also been good from the KKR side in the last couple of overs.

After 5 overs,Gujarat Titans 43/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 14 , Hardik Pandya (C) 19)

Mavi has mixed up the pace quite well and has troubled the batters in his first over.

After 4 overs,Gujarat Titans 37/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 12 , Hardik Pandya (C) 15)

A good over from Tim Southee. Didn’t really give away anything in that one but the Titans are looking steady despite an early blow.

After 3 overs,Gujarat Titans 31/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 11 , Hardik Pandya (C) 11)

Saha takes on Umesh Yadav and scores 10 runs on the final two deliveries of the over

FOUR! Same line and same length and Saha pulls that one again. This time he gets a four towards deep mid-wicket.

SIX! Umesh Yadav bowls that short and WHAT A STROKE from Saha. Judges the length early and pulls that for a MAXIMUM!

After 2 overs,Gujarat Titans 19/1 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 0 , Hardik Pandya (C) 10)

Southee had a wicket on the very first ball but Hardik Pandya who came in at number three struck a couple of boundaries to get some momentum back.

FOUR! Second in the over and Hardik Pandya is in some different mood. He first hammered one through the off-side and has played this one over cover region for another boundary.

WICKET! First delivery and Tim Southee removes Gill. The right-arm pacer bowled that one down the leg and Gill edged the ball while trying to place that away towards fine leg. He doesn’t really connect the stroke and that’s a good catch from Billings behind the stumps.

After 1 overs,Gujarat Titans 8/0 ( Wriddhiman Saha (W) 0 , Shubman Gill 7)

A good over for the Titans. Umesh Yadav missed his line a bit and bowled a few deliveries around the leg stump line.

FOUR! That’s the first boundary of the innings. Umesh Yadav just misses his line and bowls that around the middle and leg stump channel, on to the batter’s pads and Gill flicks that easily for a boundary.

Here we begin the LIVE ACTION with Umesh Yadav bowling the first over and Saha and Gill are out in the middle for GT.

KKR make three changes. “We have few niggles, so few changes,” Iyer said at the toss. Southee, Billings and Rinku Singh are in the XI. 

KKR (Playing XI): Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Sam Billings (WK), Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill, Abhinav Manohar, Hardik Pandya (C), Rahul Tewatia, David Miller, Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami

Only one change for Gujarat Titans as Hardik Pandya comes back in the XI, Vijay sits out

Gujarat Titans win toss, elect to bat

GOOD NEWS for Gujarat Titans as Hardik Pandya is back

There is a lot of covering of grass on the track while a closer look shows that it is a bit dry surface and the cracks might open up sooner. There is surely something on offer for the spinners. The skipper who wins the toss might elect to bat first.

Rashid Khan captained Gujarat Titans in Hardik Pandya’s absence and played a massive role in the win against CSK with the bat. The right-hander’s aggressive innings of 40 off 21 kept the Titans in the hunt before Miller wrapped the match.

The presence of David Miller in Titans’ middle order has given the unit a lot of strength. The kind of knock that he unleashed against CSK was something that the bowling line ups should be scared of.

One positive that KKR do have is that Shreyas Iyer has got back among runs. The right-hander has notched up a couple of half-centuries in the last three matches that he has played and also looked in some good touch against the Royals.

The Kolkata Knight Riders on the other side, have three wins in their tally from seven games so far in the competition.

Gujarat Titans are presently sitting at the number two spot with five wins and 10 points under their belt.

Hello and welcome to the coverage of the 35th match of IPL 2022 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Match starts at 3.30 PM IST with the toss taking place at 3 PM. Follow this space for live scores and updates.