Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Kolkata Knight Riders take on Gujarat Titans in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 3.30pm local time (11am BST) on Saturday, April 29.
The match will be played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
Crawling their way up towards the midtable, Kolkata enter this match-up seeking ot consolidate their last victory against RCB which saw them snap their four-game losing streak. Victory would see them consolidate their position in the mid-table on eight points.
While KKR are seeking to firm up their spot in the midtable, Titans have higher ambitions: A win here would see them move two points clear at the top of the league. Buoyed by their convincing 55-run victory over Mumbai last time out, Gujarat will be seeking their third consecutive win having only lost two of their last five.
Andre Russell is key for KKR (Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images)
Given the consummate team performance from KKR in their last match, expect Jason Roy and Suyash Sharma to be used as the hosts' impact substitute once more. There's no suggestion this ploy will change.
Gujarat fans, meanwhile, will be pleased to hear there are no fresh injury concerns. As has been the case in the tournament so far, Shubman Gill may well make way for Josh Little as their impact substitute.
It's only taken KKR eight games to produce a cohesive team performance. After laying the foundations for their victory against RCB with a 29-ball 56, Jason Roy's performance at the top of the order will be vital to their chances of success.
Titans will also have to quell the momentum emanating from the KKR middle order, after Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh's vital contributions of 48 off 21 and 18 off 10 last time out. Should they fail, KKR will take heart in the fact that their bowling line-up seem finally to have found their feet - Suyash Sharma (2 for 30) and Varun Chakravarthy (3 for 27) ensuring RCB never threatened their total.
Gujarat Titans, meanwhile, will look to their firework-producing batting line-up for further contributions as they take on an in-form KKR bowling attack. Watch out also for the Afghan spin-twins Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad who shared in five wickets as they strangled the Mumbai Indians' batting line-up on their way to victory.
Matches played: 2
Kolkata Knight Riders wins: 1
Gujarat Titans wins: 1
Cloudy conditions are expected in Kolkata, with temperatures reaching 28 degrees Celsius.
Noor Ahmad has been in the wickets (Punit Paranjpe/Getty Images)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (injured), Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jadadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh, Shakib Al Hasan (unavailable), Jason Roy (replacement signing)
Gujarat Titans: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Kane Williamson (injured, replaced by Dasun Shanaka), Odean Smith, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders: Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha, Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma
KKR have odds of 11/10, while Gujarat go into the fixture favourites at 8/11.
With the prize of a spell as league leaders on the line, Gujarat will have the extra motivation needed to see them over the line. They are favourites for this match-up.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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