Despite venkatesh iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders: Prasidh Krishna and Rashid Khan picked two wickets each in a disciplined bowling performance to set up Gujarat Titans’ 39-run win over Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on Monday. The clinical victory also means that GT maintain their top ranking in the points table.

After captain Shubman Gill’s excellent 55-ball 90, along with B Sai Sudharsan’s 52 and Jos Buttler’s 41 helped GT a competitive 198/3 on a slow pitch, Krishna and Rashid were the standout players in a relentless bowling performance as KKR never looked to complete the chase and ended up at 159/8 in their 20 overs.

KKR’s change at the top-order didn’t work as Mohammed Siraj trapped Rahmanullah Gurbaz lbw in the opening over, with the batter burning a review as well. Ajinkya Rahane continued his good run by flicking, ramping, flat-batting and driving to fetch four quick boundaries.