Who Won Yesterday’s IPL Match: Kolkata’s second consecutive defeat in the house, Gujarat remains on top after winning back to back – Cross Talk India

Kkr vs gt: KKR vs GT: Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders, ie KKR’s 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 the second consecutive defeat. This is the 5th defeat in Kolkata this season 8 matches. At the same time, Gujarat has retained its reign in the points table, registering its sixth win. Gujarat is sitting firmly at the top with 12 points.

Batting first, the Gujarat team scored 198 runs losing 3 wickets on the strength of captain Shubman Gill. Shubman Gill was 10 runs away from his century while Sai Sudarshan scored a half -century. At the same time, Jose Butler scored an unbeaten 41 runs. Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings started chasing the score of 198 runs in Kolkata. In the very first over, Mohammad Siraj showed Rahmanullah Gurbaz the path of the pavilion. The team lost 2 wickets for 6 overs. In the middle overs, captain Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer tried to handle the innings but could not increase the speed of runs. As a result, the pressure on the batsmen kept increasing and the batsmen went out in an attempt to put big shots.

Rahane scored half -century

Kolkata captain Ajinkya Rahane was dismissed by scoring a half -century. As soon as Captain Rahane returned to the pavilion, the wicket took place. Within 17 overs, 7 batsmen returned to the pavilion after getting out. After this, the tail batsmen only waited for the over to be completed and thus the Gujarat team managed to win by 39 runs. Rashid Khan and famous Krishna took 2-2 wickets for Gujarat. Mohammad Siraj, R Sai Kishore and Washington Sundar took one wicket each.

Gill and Sudarshan did amazing with the bat

Earlier, Kolkata won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Gujarat Titans’ opening pair made a brilliant debut on the first batting invitation. Captain Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan shared an excellent 114 -run partnership for the first wicket. Both of the brilliant half -century scored. Gill scored a brilliant innings of 90 runs in just 55 balls with the help of 10 fours and three sixes. At the same time, Sudarshan scored 52 runs off 36 balls, in which he hit 6 fours and a six. After these two, Jose Butler also showed a stormy style and scored an unbeaten 41 runs in 23 balls and took the team to the score of 198 runs.

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