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KKR vs GT Toss Update, IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bowl first against Gujarat Titans in the ongoing IPL 2025 match 39 at the Eden Gardens on Monday, April 21.

KKR will be looking to put up an improved effort at home and return to winning ways, having suffered an embarrassing defeat in their previous match against Punjab Kings by 16 runs. GT, on the other hand, will be heading into the match on the back of an impressive win against Delhi Capitals in their last game.

Aiming to regain the winning momentum, KKR came up with two changes in their lineup as the overseas duo of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Moeen Ali came in, as confirmed by skipper Ajinkya Rahane.

"We are going to bowl first. Slightly on the drier side, when we bowl, we'll get an idea of how it's playing. This is generally a chasing ground. We spoke after the last game. All the players are working really hard. We've made some errors, but it's all about being positive. We are at number 7 now, the motivation for each and every one is to go up the ladder as a team. Really positive about all the players. Not too worried about the middle-order, I feel 5, 6, 7 sometimes is a tricky position to bat, but when it works well, it looks really well. A couple of changes. Gurbaz comes in and Moeen Ali comes in as well," Rahane said at the toss.

Skipper Rahane has been the most consistent batter for his side this season so far, as he has scored 221 runs in 7 matches at an average of 36.83.

Talking about GT, the visitors fielded the same playing XI from their next game and will be looking to maintain the winning run.

"I don't think there'll be any dew. If we post a nice total, it should be a good match. Our bowling, everyone has been contributing with wickets. We are looking to pick wickets, and the way our bowlers have been controlling the totals has been tremendous," GT skipper Gill said at the toss.

 

KKR vs GT Playing XIs, IPL 2025:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy

Impact Subs: Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy


Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Rahul Tewatia, Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj

Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Karim Janat, Arshad Khan

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