IPL 2022, KKR vs GT Live Score Updates: Struggling Kolkata face stern Gujarat test

During a chat with Virat Kohli after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s win over Delhi Capitals, Dinesh Karthik didn’t forget to bring up his role as a commentator during India’s 2021 tour of England. In less than a year, how the tables have turned! Kohli has either lost or surrendered all his four crowns amid a severe run drought. Meanwhile, at nearly 37, Dinesh Karthik has forced Indian cricket to think about him yet again, with 210 runs at a strike rate of 210 in seven IPL 2022 innings, six of them unbeaten. Read More

Delhi Capitals captain Rishabh Pant and pacer Shardul Thakur were on Saturday fined, while assistant coach Pravin Amre was handed a one-match ban for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct. While Pant and Amre have been fined their entire match-fee, Thakur was penalised 50 per cent of his match-fee, IPL said in a release. Read More

The onus would be on Kolkata’s bowlers to seize the momentum and stop the Titans’ three-match winning run. KKR’s pace attack led by Pat Cummins and Umesh Yadav and spinner Varun Chakravarthy (30 runs from two overs) were taken to cleaners by the Rajasthan Royals batters in their last match. It remains to be seen if the team think-tank would bring back Tim Southee in the XI as the key lies in getting early breakthroughs and giving Sunil Narine a perfect stage to restrict the flow of runs. Narine, a vital cog in KKR’s wheel for long, has once again been their go-to man and boasts of the best economy rate of 5.03 after seven matches.

Rajasthan Royals are currently topping the points table, followed by Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Lucknow Super Giants and Sunrisers Hyderabad are fourth and fifth with eight points each. They are followed by Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings, while Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians are at the bottom end of the table. Read More

Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will be desperate to bring their flagging campaign back on track when they face leaders Gujarat Titans in the IPL on Saturday. Having suffered three defeats in a row, the Shreyas Iyer-led outfit has slipped to seventh in the table and the task gets tougher against the Titans, who have been a revelation in their maiden season. The Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans have been firing on all cylinders, with their batting prowess and bowling might. Read More

Hello and welcome to the live commentary of Match 35 in the IPL 2022, where the Kolkata Knight Riders square off against the Gujarat Titans. The Titans have won five of their six encounters, while the Knight Riders have won three and lost four so far.