GT vs KKR

11:43 PM local time and IST: So that will do it for this game from Ahmedabad. But, the IPL action continues tomorrow, with a double-header! First up at 3:30 PM local time, it will be Royal Challengers Bengaluru hosting Delhi Capitals and then, at 7:30 PM local time, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Chennai Super Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in front of the Orange Army. Do join us for both, friends. This is Sourabh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Shubman Gill (Gujarat Titans captain, the new Orange Cap holder and Player of the Match, 86 runs off 50 balls): "I don't think it matters if I'm wearing the Orange Cap, all that matters, is if the team wins the matches and the championship. I was disappointed with the way I got out and the timing of it. We should have finished it earlier. The ball was nipping a little bit, so, I asked both Siraj and KG if they could bowl one extra over from either end. They did that and I am thankful for that! They did take it away from us in the middle, but we kept chipping away with wickets after that phase. I got a couple of months before this, and I worked both on my physical fitness, and the mental side of things. The preparation is both mental and tactical. It's important to stay in the present, no matter what. (On his new look and whether it is to stay) So far so good! Hope it brings more good luck!" 

A word with Kagiso Rabada (3/29) now: That is how the game goes, I don't think I bowled particularly well tonight but that is the nature of the beast. Playing as a fast bowler in India can be challenging, the way the game has moved on you need to keep up. Don't think I did anything special, the pitch was different. Players can take credit but we have still got to put the ball in the right areas, glad that things went my way. Far less margin for error, specially with the impact player the batting lineups have got lengthened too but it is important not to be hard on yourself. 

(Leading the GT attack) Opening the bowling with Siraj, I have played a lot against him and to see him doing so well, Prasidh too, with the purple cap, he had it in the last year as well. Ashok as well coming up and bowling crucial overs. Hopefully we can keep doing the same thing.

(did the DC game turn the season around for them?) You need some luck sometimes having lost two in a row. They say that funny things happen in cricket, it happened against Delhi and when that happens you have got to take it and run with it

Ajinkya Rahane (KKR captain): It is never easy immediately after losing the game. I just want to talk about the positives. We lost 2-3 wickets early and from there on, Cam Green's knock was amazing. The way he batted, put pressure on the bowlers, counter-attacking innings which was amazing to see. From 147/4 to finish on 180 was slightly difficult for us but the way all the bowler bowled, dragged it to the end so credits to them. They (Gill and Sudharsan) batted really well. I felt the back of the length deliveries were holding up but the half-vollies were coming on nicely. (why did Green not bowl tonight?) He was struggling with his cramps tonight, that is the reason he did not bowl. It is all about staying in the moment for me when thinks are not going right, you can tend to think too many different things 

11:19 PM local time and IST: Gujarat Titans win by 5 wickets with 2 balls to spare! 

Shubman Gill 86 (50) | Kagiso Rabada - 3/29 (4)
Cameron Green 79 (55) | Varun Chakaravarthy - 2/34 (4)

Gujarat Titans had the match covered, but, they would have liked to finish it earlier. Things got just a bit too close for comfort in the end! However, three wins in a row means that they are in the top 4.

As for Kolkata Knight Riders, the bowling performance was good in terms of taking the innings deep, but not quite when it came to taking wickets at regular intervals.

Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan got off to another good start. They brought up yet another 50-run stand. Then, Jos Buttler came out and looked a million dollars!

KKR were trying lots of things, but the wickets weren't coming. Neither were the dot balls piling up. On the contrary, GT were scoring of almost every delivery.

Shubman Gill played two or three roles in one tonight! He was the anchor, as always. He was the stroke-maker, which was beautiful to follow. And, he was pacing the chase remarkably!

Some of the shots were tremendous in terms of the match and situation awareness! The running between the wickets was also sharp from the GT captain.

He kind of deserved three figures, we can say! But, when he got out, he very much got the job done.

As for KKR, the plus was that Varun Chakaravarthy was in amongst the wickets, finally! And of course, that stretch towards the end to take it to the 4th ball of the last over!

It should not have got there, and it generally doesn't when Glenn Phillips as at the crease, but, he was not in form. So, things became just that bit tricky!

However, the work was complete safely enough and in the end, the scorecard looks pretty good from the hosts point of view!

KKR are firmly at the bottom of the table, with 1 point from  6 games. 

19.4 Ramandeep Singh to Shahrukh Khan, THAT WILL DO, GT get over the finishing line with 2 balls to spare having made it tough for themselves but more importantly it is another two points for them and a fifth loss in six games for KKR who find themselves in a pickle now! Light blue flags flying all around the stands, it is now a hat-trick of wins for GT who make their way up to number 4 in the table.

Coming to the delivery, it was slow, short and wide, Shahrukh reached out and slapped it to the left of Powell at long-off who made the stop with a dive but could not prevent the two

19.3 Ramandeep Singh to Rahul Tewatia, off cutter, on a length, at the stumps, Tewatia looks to turn that into the leg side gets a leading edge towards covers and it is a single again. 2 needed from 3 now

19.2 Ramandeep Singh to Shahrukh Khan, short of a length outside off, Shahrukh goes back and calmly taps that away behind point for a single. Over to Tewatia. 3 off 4 now!