Top Captaincy Picks For KKR vs GT Prediction

Top Captaincy Picks For KKR vs GT Prediction: Things are starting to get interesting in the IPL 2025, as every game in the second half of the league stage matters so much. Two points will be up for stake once again when the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) host the Gujarat Titans (GT) on Monday evening at the Eden Gardens.

While GT are flying high with 10 points in seven games and recently thumped the formidable Delhi Capitals in a last-over thriller, KKR have struggled for consistency and are coming off a demoralizing loss to Punjab Kings, where they failed to chase down 112.

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KKR vs GT head-to-head:

GT and KKR have met only thrice so far in the IPL. Of these, GT won two games and KKR won one match.

KKR vs GT date and time:

Date: April 21, Monday

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Time: 7:30 PM IST / 2:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL

KKR vs GT injury news:

There is no injury worry in the KKR camp. However, GT continue to be without fast bowler Kagiso Rabada, who had flown back to South Africa due to a family emergency after playing a couple of matches. He has not yet returned. Glenn Phillips was then ruled out due to an injury; GT signed Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka as Phillips’ replacement.

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Predicted KKR vs GT Playing 11 (plus impact sub):

KKR predicted XII:

Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

GT predicted XII:

Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Rahul Tewatia, R Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma, Prasidh Krishna

KKR vs GT pitch report:

The Eden Gardens has been conducive to the batsmen in the IPL since the pitches here were relaid a few years ago. This season, too, batters have dominated the bowlers. The average score this season in Kolkata has been 202, and the average winning score has been 218. In the previous game, KKR fell only four runs short of LSG’s total of 239.

KKR vs GT Top Captaincy Picks:

The top captaincy picks in the KKR vs GT match will be Jos Buttler, Sunil Narine, and Sai Sudharsan.

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans 3 players to watch out for:

The 3 players to watch out for in KKR vs GT are Andre Russell, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Sherfane Rutherford.