KKR vs. GT, IPL 2025: Why is Quinton de Coke and Enrique Nortze dropped by Kolkata Knight Riders? , Cricket news
Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and chose for bowling first Gujarat Titans Match in 39 IPL 2025 On Monday, at the Eden Gardens, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moin Ali were brought as a replacement of Quinton de Kock and Enrique Nortze.
“The pitch looks towards the dryer, and when we bowl we want to see how it is behaving. It is a pursuing ground. We have talked after the previous game. Players are working very hard. There is an inspiration to go to the ladder. I am positive about all players. I am not very worried about middle-order,” after winning the toss.
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KKR, the seventh in the IPL points table, has been forced to make changes after its shameful 95 after 95 all out shows against Punjab Kings last week.
Former South African wicketkeeper-Better de Coke has been left for Gurbaz. This is the first match of Afghanstani Youngster season.
After the 95-run show, he has carried forward his batting and is coming to Nortze with all-rounder Moin Ali.
Gujarat Titans, IPL 2022 champions, currently leads the points table with five of the seven matches. GT also benefits 2–1 in the head-to-head encounters against KKR.
See also: IPL Live Score, KKR vs GT
GT captain Shubman Gill commented on the positions of the match: “Don’t think that there will be a dew. So it should be a good game. The way we are bowling is very good. We are contributing to the wicket. The skill set that he (Rashid Khan, GT Vice-Capten) is fantastic with his bowling.”
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narin, Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, and Varun Chakarwarthi.
Impact Subscribe: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia and Anukul Roy.
Gujarat Titans XI: Shubman Gill, B Sai Reformson, Jose Butler, Sherfen Rutherford, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tawatiya, Rashid Khan, Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore, Mohammad Sirj and Prasad Krishna.
Impact Subscription: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomar, Anuj Rawat, Karim Janat, and Arshad Khan.
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