Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will be locking horns with each other in the 39th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, April 29. KKR must be high on confidence ahead of this game as they are coming on the back of a huge win over RCB away from home. Skipper Nitish Rana will be hoping his team to continue the winning momentum and make a stronger case for themselves to reach the playoffs.

In the reverse fixture, KKR defeated Gujarat in the previous fixture earlier this season and will be keen to take another two points against them when Rinku Singh smashed 5 consecutive sixes. On the other hand, Gujarat Titans have ten points at the halfway mark and are currently placed second in the points table. Their batting looks formidable with both top order and middle order in great form, followed by an all-round bowling unit.

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Skipper Hardik Pandya will be hoping his team to carry forward the momentum and register a win against Kolkata, especially after their last defeat at home against them. KKR have already defeated GT this season with Rinku Singh famously smashing five sixes in the last over to win the game in Ahmedabad.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

Shardul Thakur bowled an extended spell and also batted during practice before the match in Bengaluru but did not play the game as he was still recovering from a niggle. However, as per the reports in Cricbuzz, Shardul is ‘ready and available now’, and is likely to replace Vaibhav Arora unless KKR opts to leave out Umesh who has bagged only one wicket and has an economy of close to 10.

Probable XI: N Jagadeesan (wk), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy. Impact sub – Suyash Sharma.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

The Titans are likely to stick to the same combination that won them the last couple of games. Andre Russell averages only 3.67 against Rashid Khan, with a strike rate of 61.11, and has been dismissed three times by the Afghanistan leg-spinner. GT is likely to focus on this match-up and turn to Pandya who has dismissed Nitish Rana twice.

Probable XI: Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma

Fantasy XI Suggestion 1: 

Wriddhiman Saha, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, David Miller, Jason Roy, Hardik Pandya, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Varun Chakravarthy, Mohit Sharma

Fantasy XI Suggestion 2: 

Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Nitish Rana (vc), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Jason Roy, Hardik Pandya, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rashid Khan