WATCH: GT vs KKR match highlights and evaluation

The IPL 2023 match between the Gujarat Titans  (GT) and Kolkata Knight Riders  (KKR) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad was splendidly devastating and awesomely dramatic. The last moments of KKR’s 205-run chase have been without delay cathartic and gut-wrenching.

Needing 29 to win off the final over, Rinku Singh  received caught right into a hapless Yash Dayal and hit 5 consecutive sixes to seal a memorable three-wicket win for KKR. Dayal crumbled beneath strain and dished out full tosses and brief balls, which Rinku had no bother depositing into the stands to go away the Titans dazed and bewildered.

Venkatesh Iyer’s breathtaking 40-ball 83 had introduced the equation all the way down to 50 off 24 for KKR. Rashid Khan, main within the absence of Hardik Pandya, had gone for 35 in his first three overs with none success. But with Andre Russell on the crease, a batter he has received out 4 occasions in 38 balls in all T20 cricket with a median of 13.50, Rashid got here on and claimed the primary hat-trick of this IPL to cut back KKR to 155/7. Russell was the primary to go, caught behind upon assessment. Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur have been caught and adjudged lbw off the following two balls as KKR’s spirited riposte threatened to fizzle right into a meek give up. But Rinku had different plans.

Earlier, Mohammad Shami and Josh Little – GT’s Impact Player – eliminated Rahmanullah Gurbaz and N. Jagadeesan to go away KKR two down for 28 in 4 overs. But Impact Player Iyer and captain Nitish Rana saved the Knight Riders alive with spectacular boundary-hitting. While Iyer ate up Dayal’s brief balls and hit him for a 4 and 6 within the seventh over, Rana punished comparable lengths from Alzarri Joseph for 2 sixes.

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