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    "editor1": "<p>April 7 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders&nbsp;will&nbsp;take on&nbsp;Gujarat Lions&nbsp;at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here on Friday. This will the first match for both the teams in this years IPL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Head to Head<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two teams have so far met twice and both&nbsp;times Gujarat Lions&nbsp;won the&nbsp;match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Gujarat Lions<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Lions have a&nbsp;strong&nbsp;batting lineup with the likes of Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina, and Dinesh Karthik. All these five players have over 3000 runs in IPL.&nbsp;None of their rivals had more than three batsmen who aggregated 300 and above.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But on Friday, Lions will miss the services of West Indian T20 specialist allrounder Dwayne Bravo who is injured and&nbsp;the hero of recently concluded India-Australia series&nbsp;Ravindra Jadeja who is cooling his heels after a long Test season. The bowling is slightly weak point for the team. It will revolve arounf Australian fast bowler&nbsp;James Faulkner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Also Check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/bangladesh-beat-sri-lanka-by-45-runs-in-2nd-t20--25413\">Bangaldesh beat SL by 45 runs in 2nd T20I<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><strong>Kolkata Knight Riders<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata will miss all-rounder&nbsp;Andre Russell, who is currently serving out a one-year ban for a doping-code violation.New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme replace Russell a few days back.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata team is looking well-balanced&nbsp;with the likes of England allrounder Chris Woakes and Kiwi pacer Trent Boult. The batting department is in the hands of Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey and vice-captain Suryakumar Kumar, the men in purple are expected to do well. Bangladesh All-rounder&nbsp;Shakib Al Hasan will miss the&nbsp;opening match due to national team commitments in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The pace battery with in-form India pacer Umesh Yadav, Boult, Woakes and Powell among others, also looks better than previous seasons. Piyush Chawla will handle the spin department.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Overall, it remains to be seen which teams gets a better start to the 10th edition of the cash-rich league. For KKR, a win on the road will do their confidence a world of good.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Likely Playing XI:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after: always\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Likely Playing XI:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Gujarat Lions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Aaron Finch, Suresh Raina (captain), Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Ishan Kishan, James Faulkner, Praveen Kumar, Shadab Jakati, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivil Kaushik<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Kolkata Knight Riders:<\/strong>&nbsp;Gautam Gambhir (captain), Robin Uthappa (wicketkeeper), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Rovman Powell, Chris Lynn, Chris Woakes, Kuldeep Yadav, Trent Boult, Piyush Chawla<\/p>\r\n",
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