{"id":49024,"date":"2026-04-17T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49024"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:30:09","slug":"ipl-2026-gt-vs-kkr-playing-xi-pitch-report-toss-time-and-head-to-head-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-gt-vs-kkr-playing-xi-pitch-report-toss-time-and-head-to-head-today\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 GT vs KKR: Playing XI, Pitch Report, Toss Time and Head to Head Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Heading towards the 25th game of the season between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad tonight, Gujarat Titans come in with back-to-back wins, which should give them confidence as they look to build momentum.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gujarat Titans<\/span><\/span> arrive with back-to-back wins and better balance. Their bowling has held up, and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Jos Buttler<\/span><\/span> finding form helps. But their middle order still looks fragile if early wickets fall.<\/p>\n<p><b>GT Probable XI\u00a0<\/b>Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Siraj, Kagiso Rabada, Ashok Sharma<\/p>\n<p><b>Impact subs:<\/b>\u00a0Prasidh Krishna, Shahrukh Khan,Kumar Kushagra<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><b>Injuries\/Unavailabilities:\u00a0<\/b>All players are fit and available for selection<\/p>\n<p><b>Watch Live Streaming:<\/b> Fans can watch the Gt vs KKR match live on the app and website of JioHotstar.<\/p>\n<p><b>Toss Time:<\/b>\u00a07:00 PM<\/p>\n<p><b>Pitch report: <\/b>Clear skies are expected, with high temperatures through the day, though a 7:30 PM start should ease conditions. The only game here saw Gujarat Titans nearly chase 210 against Rajasthan Royals, suggesting another high-scoring contest.<\/p>\n<p><b>Head to head: <\/b>Gujarat Titans lead 3-1, but Kolkata Knight Riders will recall 2023 here, when Rinku Singh hit five sixes in the last over. Can they repeat that?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/span><\/span> are already under pressure with one point from five games. The batting order remains unsettled, with players pushed into unfamiliar roles and little return against spin. Apart from Angkrish Raghuvanshi, there has been limited impact.<\/p>\n<p><b>KKR Probable XI:\u00a0<\/b>Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Blessing Muzarabani<\/p>\n<p><b>Impact subs:\u00a0<\/b>Finn Allen, Manish Pandey, Saurabh Dubey, Rovman Powell, Tim Seifer<\/p>\n<p><b>Injuries\/Unavailabilities: <\/b>Kolkata Knight Riders confirm Matheesha Pathirana will miss this game, with travel logistics still not sorted.<\/p>\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders arrive in Ahmedabad under pressure, with one point from five games. Their batting remains unsettled, with key players like Rinku Singh yet to deliver. Time is running out.<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat Titans look settled, with Shubman Gill and Jos Buttler in form. Their bowling has improved, making them favourites for a third straight win.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading towards the 25th game of the season between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders in Ahmedabad tonight, Gujarat Titans\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":46905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49025,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49024\/revisions\/49025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}