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Gujarat Titans beat Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets and went to the top of the IPL 2023 points table. GT restricted KKR to 179/7 despite a stunning knock from Rahmanullah Gurbaz, as their bowlers Shami, Joshua Little, and Noor Ahmad did a fantastic job with the ball. GT successfully chased down 180 runs as Shubman Gill scored 49 off 35 balls, while Vijay Shankar-David Miller's fireworks at the end of the match ensured they got the much-needed two points from this game.
Numbers and stats from KKR vs GT game:
3/33 - Mohammed Shami has recorded bowling figures of 3/33 in game against KKR.
Mohammed Shami's best bowling figures for GT in the IPL:
3/25 vs LSG in Mumbai (Wankhede Stadium), 2022
3/25 vs RR in Ahmedabad, 2023
3/33 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
4 - Andre Russell became the fourth player to play 100 matches for KKR in the IPL.
Most matches played for KKR in the IPL:
Sunil Narine - 157
Gautam Gambhir - 108
Yusuf Pathan - 106
Andre Russell - 100
12 - GT has won 12 out of 13 games while batting second in IPL overall.
Gujarat Titans in the IPL run chases:
- Beat LSG by 5 wickets (2 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat PBKS by 6 wickets (0 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat CSK by 3 wickets (1 ball to spare), 2022
- Beat SRH by 5 wickets (0 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat RCB by 6 wickets (3 balls to spare), 2022
- Lost to MI by 5 runs, in 2022
- Beat CSK by 7 wickets (5 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat RR by 7 wickets (3 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat RR by 7 wickets (11 balls to spare), 2022
- Beat CSK by 5 wickets (4 balls to spare), 2023
- Beat DC by 6 wickets (11 balls to spare), 2023
- Beat PBKS by 6 wickets (1 ball to spare), 2023
- Beat KKR by 7 wickets (13 balls to spare), 2023
12 - 12 different players have won the Man of the Match award for Gujarat Titans at least once in their 18 IPL wins respectively.
Players to win MoM award for GT in the IPL:
David Miller (Twice)
Hardik Pandya (Twice)
Rashid Khan (Twice)
Shubman Gill (Twice)
Mohit Sharma (Twice)
Lockie Ferguson
Mohammed Shami
Wriddhiman Saha
Sai Sudharsan
Rahul Tewatia
Abhinav Manohar
Joshua Little
24 - Vijay Shankar smashed fifty from just 24 balls in this IPL game.
Fastest fifty for GT in IPL by balls faced:
Vijay Shankar - 21b vs KKR in Ahmedabad, 2023
Vijay Shankar - 24b vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
David Miller - 28b vs CSK in Pune, 2022
Wriddhiman Saha - 28b vs SRH in Mumbai-WS, 2022
Shubman Gill - 29b vs PBKS in Mumbai-BS, 2022
Vijay Shankar vs KKR in IPL 2023:
63*(24) in Ahmedabad
51*(24) in Kolkata
0/54 - Rashid Khan has recorded his worst-ever bowling figure (0/54) in IPL history.
Rashid Khan's worst bowling figures in IPL:
0/54 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
0/45 vs SRH in Mumbai-WS, 2022
0/35 vs DC in Delhi, 2018
Most expensive spell of Rashid Khan in the IPL:
1/55 vs PBKS in Mohali, 2018
0/54 vs KKR in Kolkata, 2023
1/49 vs CSK in Hyderabad, 2018
Read More: Check out the most expensive spells of IPL 2023 here
81 - Rahmanullah Gurbaz recorded his highest score (81) in the IPL. He smashed 81 runs at an SR of 207.69 in this game.
Highest S.R in an IPL inning in 2023 (Min. 75 runs scored):
Glenn Maxwell - 211.11 vs CSK in Bengaluru
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 207.69 vs GT in Kolkata
Venkatesh Iyer - 207.5 vs GT in Ahmedabad
Rahmanullah Gurbaz fifties in the IPL:
57 vs RCB in Kolkata, 2023
81 vs GT in Kolkata, 2023