Kolkata Knight Riders: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have brought in Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moeen Ali, as captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and elected to bowl first against table-toppers Gujarat Titans (GT) in match 39 of IPL 2025 at the Eden Gardens on Monday.
While GT, the IPL 2022 winners, are comfortably placed at top of the points table via five wins from seven matches, defending champions KKR are at seventh position with three wins and four losses in seven games. Moreover, GT lead the head-to-head record against KKR by 2-1.
Gurbaz and Moeen come in place of South Africa duo Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje, with Angkrish Raghuvanshi set to come in during the chase as an impact player. “The pitch looks on the drier side, and when we bowl we want to see how it is behaving.”
