Gujarat Titans gained the toss and decide to bat first in IPL 2022 conflict in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders. This is the primary time a facet has opted to bat first on this season. Hardik Pandya made one change eradicating out of shape Vijay Shankar whereas Kolkata Knight Riders made three adjustments within the facet with Tim Southee, Rinku Singh and Sam Billings coming within the taking part in eleven.

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Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Sam Billings(w), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami

Shreyas Iyer: Definitely (would have batted first). Last recreation we performed right here, it was scorching sizzling fielding first and the wicket additionally appears a bit dry. The spirits are clearly excessive, we haven’t performed actually unhealthy video games, must hold the power and vibe excessive. Just a matter of 1 over or one thing sensible coming from all people. We have few niggles, so few adjustments. Tim (Southee) is available in, Sam (Billings) is available in and Rinku is in.

Hardik Pandya: We’re gonna bat first. It’s completely superb. The final recreation was a precautionary absence as we had 5 days break after that, so I wished to get per week’s break. Better to bat when it’s sizzling and see how the floor is. Only one change – Vijay goes out and I are available.
Former champions Kolkata Knight Riders will probably be determined to convey their flagging marketing campaign again on monitor once they face leaders Gujarat Titans within the IPL on Saturday.

Having suffered three defeats in a row, the Shreyas Iyer-led outfit has slipped to seventh within the desk and the duty will get more durable in opposition to the Titans, who’ve been a revelation of their maiden season.

The Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans have been firing on all cylinders, with their batting prowess and bowling would possibly.

Pandya pulled out of their final match in opposition to Chennai Super Kings owing to a groin damage but it surely was enterprise as typical for the Titans as stand-in skipper Rashid Khan led the crew to a three-wicket win over the four-time champions.

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