The reigning champions Kolkata Knight Riders have now lost five of the eight games on the 2025 IPL after their last setback against Gujarat Titans. Chasing 199, the intention was clearly absent from the majority of their strikers. First, the openers of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) continued their disappointing race when they delivered another Shambolic screen. During the 199 -point race against GT, the Rahmanullah Gurbaz opener, who played in Kock Quinton, could only mark one round before being cleaned by Mohammed Siraj. On the other hand, Sunil Narine was caught by Rahul Tewatia during a delivery of Rashid Khan for only 17 in 13 balls, with two four and a six.
Then Ajinkya Rahane showed a certain stay to fight, marking 50 out of 36 balls. But what was a big disappointment is that the purchase of 23.75 RS 23.75 RS has so far only has two important shots this season (45 against Lucknow Super Giants and 60 against Sunrisers Hyderabad). On Monday, when Shubman Gill, a former KKR player, scored 90, many were waiting to Iyer but he could not deliver.
Social media went after the striker after his last poor spectacle.
KKR kept Venkatesh Iyer on Shubman Gill in 2021. Four years later, Shubman Gill returns to Eden Gardens as captain of the Titans of Gujarat. The player they dropped once came back as a global cricket superstar. It may be what success looks like. pic.twitter.com/ctlizgjmeo
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Venkatesh Iyer according to Venky Mysore
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SRK after looking at the performance of Venkatesh Iyer #Kkrvsgt pic.twitter.com/sml1swi3yc
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During this season in eight rounds, the KKR opening pair managed to score only 152 points at an average of 19.00, the lowest among all the teams. In addition, their execution rate of 8.44 is also the second lower among all the teams after Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The best they have managed to set up is a 46 -point partnership.
KKR used four openers, with Kock (143 points in seven -rounds at an average of 23.83, a striking rate of more than 137.50 and fifty), Narine (147 in seven -rounds on average of 21.00 and a striking rate of 177.10), Gurbaz (a round in a match) and Moeen (five points in driving) and they mostly cut for the most part.
During their race so far, the opening pair has managed to set up 4 (against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru), 41 (against the Royals of Rajasthan), one (against the Indians of Mumbai), 14 (against Sunrisers Hyderabad), 37 (against Lucknow Super Giants), 46 (against Gujar), Seven.
Coming to the match, KKR won the draw and chose to play first. A stand of 114 points between Sudharsan (52 in 36 balls, with six four and six) and Gill, who went to mark 90 in 55 balls, with 10 four and three, served as a solid base for a large score. Then, a stand of 58 points between Gill and Jos Buttler (41 * in 23 balls, with eight four) brought GT to 198/3 in their 20 Overs.
Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell each obtained a counter for KKR.
GT finally won the match by 39 points.
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