The team of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has not been able to return to the winning track in IPL 2022. The team was defeated by Gujarat Titans by 8 runs in a match (KKRvs GT). This is the team's 5th defeat in 8 matches. At the same time, Gujarat has its sixth win in 8 matches. Playing first in the match, Gujarat scored 156 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Hardik Pandya scored a half-century. Andre Russell took 4 wickets for 5 runs. In reply, KKR's team could only score 148 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Russell fought till the end, but he could not get KKR to win. He scored 48 runs off 25 balls. Also, hit 6 sixes. With the victory, Gujarat's team has reached the top of the table with 12 points.

KKR started chasing the target very poorly. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami dismissed Sam Billings in the first over. He scored 4 runs in 4 balls. The other opener batsman Sunil Narine also could not play big innings. Shami sent him to the pavilion in the third over. He scored 5 runs in 5 balls. Nitish Rana got out after scoring 2 runs in 7 balls. In this way, the team's score became 16 runs for 3 wickets.

The team of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has not been able to return to the winning track in IPL 2022. The team was defeated by Gujarat Titans by 8 runs in a match (KKRvs GT). This is the team's 5th defeat in 8 matches. At the same time, Gujarat has its sixth win in 8 matches. Playing first in the match, Gujarat scored 156 runs for 9 wickets. Captain Hardik Pandya scored a half-century. Andre Russell took 4 wickets for 5 runs. In reply, KKR's team could only score 148 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. Russell fought till the end, but he could not get KKR to win. He scored 48 runs off 25 balls. Also, hit 6 sixes. With the victory, Gujarat's team has reached the top of the table with 12 points.

KKR started chasing the target very poorly. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami dismissed Sam Billings in the first over. He scored 4 runs in 4 balls. The other opener batsman Sunil Narine also could not play big innings. Shami sent him to the pavilion in the third over. He scored 5 runs in 5 balls. Nitish Rana got out after scoring 2 runs in 7 balls. In this way, the team's score became 16 runs for 3 wickets.

Russell was out for 4 runs

After 14 overs, KKR's score was 99 for 6 wickets. He had to score 58 runs in 6 overs. However, Russell was dismissed by Yash Dayal after scoring 4 runs. But this ball was no-balled. After this, he also hit 2 consecutive sixes in his 13th over. Lockie Ferguson bowled the 15th over. Russell hit a six in this over and a total of 8 runs were scored.

Rashid brought great success

Leg spinner Rashid Khan bowled the 16th over. He dismissed Shivam Mavi for a score of 2. Now KKR had to score 45 runs in 24 balls and 3 wickets were in hand. 17th Shami put and gave 8 runs. Ferguson bowled the 18th over. Umesh Yadav hit a six in this over and a total of 8 runs were scored. Now KKR had to score 29 runs in 12 balls.

Pandya played another good inning

Earlier, Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and decided to bat. Gill got out after scoring just 7 runs. After this, Hardik Pandya and Wriddhiman Saha added 75 runs for the second wicket. Saha was dismissed for 25 runs off 25 balls. Pandya added 50 runs for the third wicket with Miller. Miller scored 27 runs in 20 balls. Meanwhile, Pandya was dismissed after scoring 67 runs off 49 balls. Hit 4 fours and 2 sixes.

After this, the team of Gujarat faltered. The team could only score 29 runs in the last 5 overs. Due to this, the score could not even reach 160 runs. Russell gave only 5 runs in the 20th overs and took 4 wickets. On the other hand, Saudi took 3 wickets for 24 runs. Umesh Yadav and Shivam Mavi also got a wicket each.