Gujarat Lions vs Kolkata Knight Riders match preview : Live Stream Details
Kathmandu : Gujarat Lions Playing against two times champions Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match on Friday. Gujarat Lions were the table-toppers at the end of the league stage in the last Indian Premier League ( IPL), but finished third after defeats in the two Qualifiers against RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gujarat Lions have won both matches between the teams so far. Gujarat Lions will miss two of their key players Ravindra Jadeja and Dwayne Bravo, who is out injured early on.
Gujarat Lions have a top-heavy look to their batting lineup with the likes of Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, and Dinesh Karthik expected to start. KKR`s strength this time lies in the balance of the team. Shakib Al Hasan will be missing KKR’s opening match owing to national duty (against Sri Lanka). England allrounder Chris Woakes and Kiwi pacer Trent Boult being roped in, and a good mix of domestic batsmen in Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and vice-captain Suryakumar Kumar, the men in purple are expected to do well.
Gujarat Lions have a top-heavy look to their batting lineup with the likes of Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, and Dinesh Karthik expected to start. KKR`s strength this time lies in the balance of the team. Shakib Al Hasan will be missing KKR’s opening match owing to national duty (against Sri Lanka). England allrounder Chris Woakes and Kiwi pacer Trent Boult being roped in, and a good mix of domestic batsmen in Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and vice-captain Suryakumar Kumar, the men in purple are expected to do well.
This is the 3rd Match of IPL 10 which will be played in Rajkot. Gujarat Lions is the new name and this is the 2nd season for them in IPL and previously the captain of Gujrat was Raina and in the previous edition and they performed well in the captaincy of Raina and now he continues to lead the team also many experienced players in this team like McCullum, D Smith, Bravo, Finch and Faulkner etc.
Gujarat Lions Squad: Suresh Raina (Captain), Manpreet Gony, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Dinesh Karthik, Shibil Kaushik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Brendon McCullum, Munaf Patel, Pratham Singh, Jason Roy, Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Shelley Shaurya, Nathu Singh, Dwayne Smith, Tejas Baroka, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Shubham Agarwal, Basil Thampi, Dwayne Bravo, Chirag Suri, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Trent Boult, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rovman Powell, R Sanjay Yadav, Ishank Jaggi, Darren Bravo, Sayan Ghosh, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Lynn, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson, Ankit Singh Rajput, Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav.
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