KKR vs GT: Kolkata loses second consecutive home loss, Gujarat stays on top after back to back wins

In the 39th match of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 39 runs to register their sixth win of the season.

Ankush Pandey Ankush Pandey
Apr 21, 2025 - 21:06 Updated: Apr 21, 2025 - 21:09
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KKR vs GT: Kolkata loses second consecutive home loss, Gujarat stays on top after back to back wins
KKR vs GT: Kolkata loses second consecutive home loss, Gujarat stays on top after back to back wins

KKR vs GT: Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders, the KKR team, has suffered another crushing defeat. In the 39th match of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata team by 39 runs. In this way, Kolkata had to face its second consecutive defeat. This is Kolkata's 5th defeat in 8 matches this season. At the same time, Gujarat has maintained its supremacy in the points table by registering its sixth win. Gujarat is firmly sitting at the top with 12 points.

Batting first, Gujarat scored 198 runs for the loss of 3 wickets on the basis of captain Shubman Gill's explosive innings. Shubman Gill remained 10 runs short of his century, while Sai Sudarshan hit a half-century. At the same time, Jos Buttler scored an unbeaten 41 runs. Chasing Kolkata's score of 198 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders' innings got off to a very bad start.

In the very first over, Mohammad Siraj sent Rahmanullah Gurbaz to the pavilion. By 6 overs, the team had lost its 2 wickets. In the middle overs, Captain Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer tried to handle the innings but could not increase the pace of runs. The result was that the pressure on the batsmen kept increasing and the batsmen kept getting out while trying to hit big shots.

Rahane hit a half century

Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane got out after scoring a half century. As soon as Captain Rahane returned to the pavilion, wickets started falling in quick succession. Within 17 overs, 7 batsmen got out and returned to the pavilion. After this, the tail-enders just waited for the overs to be completed and thus Gujarat's team was successful in winning by 39 runs. Rashid Khan and Prasidh Krishna took 2-2 wickets for Gujarat. Mohammad Siraj, R Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar took one wicket each.

Gill and Sudarshan did wonders with the bat

Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl first. On being invited to bat first, the opening pair of Gujarat Titans made a great start. Captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan made a great partnership of 114 runs for the first wicket. Both hit brilliant half-centuries.

Gill played a brilliant innings of 90 runs with the help of 10 fours and three sixes in just 55 balls. At the same time, Sudarshan scored 52 runs in 36 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and a six. After these two, Jos Buttler also showed his stormy style and scored an unbeaten 41 runs with the help of 8 fours in 23 balls and took the team to a score of 198 runs.