Gujarat Titans have achieved their third consecutive win in the current season of IPL. The team defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 wickets on Friday. Gujarat achieved the target of 181 runs in Ahmedabad with the loss of 5 wickets in 19.4 overs. Kolkata, batting after winning the toss, was all out for 180 runs in 20 overs. GT team has moved to fourth place in the points table with its third win. Whereas, KKR is at the bottom. The team is looking for its first win. Scoreboard of the match: Gill scored fifty for the third consecutive match. Gujarat captain Shubman Gill made the run chase one-sided. He played an innings of 86 runs on 50 balls. He came out to open with Sai Sudarshan. Both made an opening partnership of 57 runs on 31 balls. Gill made a partnership of 38 runs with Butler and 46 runs with Sundar. Apart from Gill, Sai Sudarshan scored 22, Butler scored 25 and Sundar scored 13 runs. Varun Chakraborty got 2 wickets. Green’s fifty did not work. After winning the toss and opting to bat, Cameron Green played an inning of 79 runs on 55 balls with the help of 7 fours and 4 sixes. No other batsman of the team could cross the 30-run mark. Rabada took 3 wickets. Kagiso Rabada took 3 wickets. Mohammad Siraj and Ashok Sharma took 2-2 wickets. Prasidh Krishna and Rashid Khan got one wicket each. Top players of the tournament Playing for both teams Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill (captain), Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna. Impact Players- Shahrukh Khan. Kolkata Knight Riders: Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wicketkeeper), Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rovman Powell, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi. Impact Players: Varun Chakraborty.
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