Epic Win for KKR Against GT with Venky and Rinku’s Brilliant Batting: GT vs KKR IPL 2023

Epic Win for KKR against GT: In the 13th match of IPL 2023, KKR won against GT by 3 wickets. The match was played on April 9 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. Gujrat’s Captain Rashid Khan won the toss and decided to bat first. Gujarat set a big total of 204 runs with a loss of 4 wickets. KKR chased the target in 20 overs with a loss of 7 wickets.

Epic Win for KKR Against GT
Epic Win for KKR Against GT

1st Inning: Gujrat Set a Big Total of 204 runs

Gujarat batted very well and set a target of 205 runs. For Gujrat, two players Vijay Shankar and Sai Sudharsan scored half-centuries. Shubman Gill scored 39 runs than was out by Narine. Saha and Abhinav Manohar also scored 17 and 14 runs for the team. David Miller remained not out in 2 runs.

For KKR, Narine took 3 wickets and conceded 33 runs in his spell. Suyash Sharma took 1 wicket but the other bowlers couldn’t take any wickets. Umesh, Chakaravarthy, Thakur, and Ferguson remained wicketless.

Vijay Shankar and Sai Sudharsan scored half-centuries

Vijay Shankar batted exceptionally well. He scored 63 runs not out in 24 balls. He hit 4 fours and 5 sixes in his inning. Sai Sudharshan also scored fifty for Gujrat. He scored 53 runs in 38 balls then Narine sent him back to the pavilion. He hit 2 sixes and 3 fours in the match.

2nd Inning: Venky and Rinku’s brilliant batting

Gurbaz and Jagadeesan couldn’t give a good start for KKR. In 3rd over KKR lost its first wicket and in the next over lost another wicket. Gurbaz was gone for 15 runs and Jagadeesan was gone for 6 runs. Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana had a big partnership of 100 runs. Captain Nitish scored 45 runs in 29 balls then he was out by Alzarri Joseph.

Venkatesh Iyer is hitting the bowls for boundaries. Alzarri strikes again and sent him back to the pavilion. He scored 83 runs for the team. Then Andre Russel, Narine, and Thakur also went without scoring runs for the team. Rashid Khan took a hattrick of wickets and sent them pavilion.

Rinku Singh played very brilliantly in the last over. In the last over KKR required 29 runs then Rinku Singh hit 5 sixes against Yash Dayal and made the team win.

For GT, Rashid Khan took 3 wickets. Alzarri Joseph also took two important wickets of V Iyer and N Rana. Joshua Little and Shami also got 1-1 wickets.

Rinku Singh’s 5 Sixes in the Last 5 Balls

In the last over KKR need 29 runs to win the match. In the first ball, Umesh Yadav took a single and give strikes to Rinku Singh. Rinku Singh hits 5 sixes in the remaining last 5 balls and secured the KKR win. He scored 48 runs not out in 21 balls.

Venkatesh Iyer Scored 83 runs

Iyer played an impressive inning for KKR. He scored 83 runs in 40 balls. He hit 8 fours and 5 sixes in his inning.

Rashid Khan took a Hattirck

Rashid Khan took a hattrick in the 17th over of the inning. In the first ball he out Russel, Narine in the second ball, and Thakur in the third ball. He took 3 wickets and conceded 37 runs.

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