IPL 2023 Live: Gujarat Titans won the toss and decided to bat first, see playing XI

IPL 2023, GT vs KKR, Hardik Pandya, Nitish Rana: Two matches will be played in IPL today (April 9). Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders will be face to face in the first match. This match will start at 3.30 pm at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both the teams have won their previous matches very easily, so today’s match is expected to be interesting.

In IPL 2023, where Gujarat Titans have registered easy victories in both their matches. At the same time, Kolkata had to face defeat in their first match. However, Kolkata won the second match by a big margin. Another good thing for Kolkata in this match will be that English batsman Jason Roy can also be a part of the playing-11 for this match. He has joined the team.

Pitch Report: Ahmedabad’s pitch will be helpful to the batsmen. Here the fast bowlers will also get some help. There will be slight bounce on the pitch, due to which the fast bowlers can benefit. The boundaries here are also big, so it will not be easy to hit sixes here. It is beneficial to bowl first after winning the toss on this ground. The success rate of the chasing team is higher here. In the last match held here, Chennai scored 178 runs batting first, which was easily achieved by Gujarat Titans. A similar trend can be seen in today’s match as well.

Probable Playing-11 and Impact Player

Gujarat Titans (batting first): Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (captain), Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami.

Gujarat Titans (bowling first): Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (captain), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami, Josh Little.

Impact Players: Josh Little/Vijay Shankar

Kolkata Knight Riders (batting first): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Narayan Jagdishan, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty.

Kolkata Knight Riders (bowling first): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (Captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Lockie Ferguson.

Impact Players: Narayan Jagadishan / Lockie Ferguson