intoduction
IPL is one of the favorite cricket tournaments of cricket fans as it reunites the players from different countries . The 39th match of the season 16 is going to be held on 29th April 2023 , between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans . KKR has lifted the IPL trophy two times, whereas GT was last year’s ipl winner . Dream 11 has played a greater part in maintaining the excitement level of fans at the peak through the predictions and offering a feature to create one’s Dream 11 team . Here , in this article we are going to predict the winner , discuss the pitch report and playing 11 .
Match details of the 39th Match ( s1
| Team 1 | Gujarat Titans |
| Team 2 | Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Venue | Eden Gardens , Kolkata |
| Date | 29th April 2023 ( Saturday ) |
| Time | 3:30 pm onwards |
Pitch report of the upcoming match ( Eden Gardens )
Eden gardens is the official home ground of the two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders . 80+ matches have been played at Eden gardens till date . The Eden gardens pitch is well known for being batting friendly . It is to be believed that there are less chances for a team to win if they set a target below 180 for the chasing team . Batsmen of both teams will be seen trying their best to score as much as possible . As per the reports , the majority of the matches have been by the chasing team only . So , it is expected that both the team captains are going to opt for bowling first .
Out of all the matches KKR has played at Eden gardens , they have a win percentage of 60.81 % .
Overview of both the teams : KKR & GT
Gujarat Titans , the former winner , is playing well in this season as well . Shubman Gill and Wriddhiman Saha leads the batting line-up of Gujarat Titans which is followed by Hardik Pandya , V. Shankar and David Miller . Gujarat Titans is at the second number in points table with 5 victories and 2 defeats with the net run rate of +0.580 . Shubman gill is at number 5 for the orange cap race whereas Rashid Khan of GT is at the number 2 for the purple cap race . GT smashed Mumbai Indians in its last game by a very strong bowling as well as batting performance .
Kolkata Knight Riders performance till date can be summed up as average . The batting line up is led by J. Roya and L. Das followed by Venkatesh Iyer , Nitish Rana and Mandeep Singh . KKR is currently at number 7 in the points table with 5 defeats and 3 victories . Venkatesh Iyer of KKR is the number 4th contender for the orange cap whereas Varun Chakaravarthy is the number 2 contender for the people cap . KKR defeated RCB by 21 runs in the last match .
GT is believed to pull the match in their favor as per the stats .
Head to Head record of KKR vs GT
| Total Matches played | 2 |
| KKR won | 1 |
| GT won | 1 |
| Draw | 0 |
| Highest score of KKR against GT | 207 |
| Highest score of GT against KKR | 204 |
As per the head to head record , both the teams have equal chances of winning the match .
GT vs KKR batting , playing 11 predictions & Dream 11 team
Key players of GT
The team players of GT are in good form be it bowlers or batsmen . Shubman gill is playing extremely well and has been contributing good runs to the team account . He is also a contender for the orange cap run race . Rashid Khan is the best Bowler of Gt at present . He is running for the purple cap’s race as well . Mohd shami and Hardik Pandya are likely to be an asset for the team for their upcoming match with KKR.
Key player of KKR
The best performance of KKR is still yet to be shown . Fans are expecting a classic kkr comeback in the upcoming match with GT . Rinku singh and Nitish Rana have been playing really well and are the key players of the team at present . Varun Chakaravarthy is at the second place for the purple cap and his bowling style has been appreciated by the fans as well as the experts . Fans are expecting huge hits from Jason Roy and Sunil Narine as well .
Playing 11 Prediction ( KKR) |
|---|
| Jason Roy |
| Narayan Jagadeesan |
| Venkatesh Iyer |
| Nitish Rana ( C ) |
| Andre Russell |
| Rinku Singh |
| David Wiese |
| Sunil Narine |
| Varun Arora |
| Umesh Yadav |
| Varun Chakaravarthy |
| Playing 11 Prediction ( GT ) |
|---|
| Shubman Gill |
| Wriddhiman Saha |
| Vijay Shankar |
| Hardik Pandya ( C ) |
| David Miller |
| Abhinav Manohar |
| Rahul tewatiya |
| Rashid Khan |
| Mohit Sharma |
| Mohammed Shami |
| Joshua little |
Dream 11 fantasy team
Conclusion
The match is believed to be a turning point for both the teams . However , anything unexpected can occur at any moment as cricket is very unpredictable team . Although, Gujarat Titans have more chances to win the match than KKR but as the match is going to be played at the home Stadium of KKR so it can benefit KKR . Dream 11 makes it more exciting by tempering the environment for both the teams .