The Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper Jos Buttler scored a fine half-century off 32 balls against the Kolkata Knight Riders in a massive run chase. He has been at his absolute best as he usually scores them much quicker but he has kept his side alive in the run chase. Buttler gave Shubman Gill the much needed support from the other end and in terms of the chase, he has done a good job. The Englishman will be looking to accelerate from here on in as he is the set batter and the Gujarat Titans will have their hopes pinned on him.

Shubman Gill has taken much of the responsibility in this run chase as he switched gears in a jiffy and was excellent in capitalising on the loose deliveries. He smashed the strike bowler of the Kolkata Knight Riders, Varun Chakravarthy and completely put him off his rhythm. Buttler did a fine job to rotate the strike and he broke his shackles in the over of Kartik Tyagi with two good boundaries. Jos Buttler will have to form a partnership along with Sai Sudharshan if they will have to get across the line.

Gill and Buttler stitched a strong partnership but KKR’s bowlers held their nerve to seal a crucial victory

During the run chase of the Gujarat Titans, they suffered a massive setback early on with the loss of Sai Sudharshan. The decision to send Nishant Sindhu at number 3 didn’t work well for them as he couldn’t score any valuable runs in the powerplay. Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler were able to put up a splendid partnership of 128 runs. The GT skipper displayed a strong bit of batting as he scored 85 off just 49 balls, including 5 fours and 7 sixes. The KKR bowling unit wasn’t able to dismiss the batters but they did a good job in not entirely giving away the momentum to the hosts.

Kartik Tyagi has been by far the best bowler that the Kolkata Knight Riders have had in this season but today he gave away 59 runs from his 4 overs. Sunil Narine was at his best once again today as he picked 2 big wickets and didn’t concede a lot of runs. The Kolkata Knight Riders have done a brilliant job to keep the Titans at bay even though their bowling was off the mark. KKR have secured their victory against the Gujarat Titans and this would take a huge toll on the hopes of a top 2 finish for the hosts.