IPL 2023, GT vs KKR: Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya has praised young talent and his fellow teammate Sai Sudharsan. Hardik predicts Sudarshan doing “great things” in franchise cricket in the next two years. Sudharsan made an unbeaten 62 off 48 balls, hitting four 4’s and two 6’s in the process. He was awarded the player of the match for his performance. The Titans are set to face Nitish Rana led Kolkata Knight Riders in their next match. GT come into the match as unbeaten whereas KKR have lost their first match under their new captain Follow Indian Premier League 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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Pandya praises the young talent
“He (Sai Sudharsan) is been batting terrifically. Credit to the support staff and to him as well. The amount of batting he’s done in the last 15 days, all the result you see is all his hard work.”
“Going forward, if I’m not wrong, in two years, he’ll do something great for franchise cricket and eventually for India,” said Hardik at the post match presentation.
One of my happiest jobs is to talk to these young cricketers at the presentation. So confident and certain in the middle and so shy later. Very happy for Sai Sudarshan who played an innings of such composure today. And got a huge compliment from his captain
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 4, 2023
Match Details for GT vs KKR Clash
Match: Gujarat Titans vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 13
Date and Time: 9 April and 3:30 PM IST
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Past performances in IPL 2023
Gujarat Titans have won both encounters comfortably. Titans won their and IPL opener against CSK easily by chasing down 179 runs with 5 balls to spare and 5 wickets left. In their 2nd match, they were handed a target of 163 runs which they chased easily with 11 ball to spare and 6 wickets in hand. In both matches, the whole 11 contributed to taken them to victory.
While in the first, Rashid Khan, Gill and Tewatia made valuable contributions. The 2nd match was one-sided as Alzarri Joseph, Rashid and Shami took DC to task and Sai Sudharsan, Shankar and Miller excelled with the bat.
Kolkata Knight Riders have only played one game so far with their new captain Nitish Rana taking the helm. KKR are missing their permanent captain Shreyas Iyer and key players Shakib al Hasan and Lockie Ferguson. They lost to PBKS in rain affected affair by 7 runs.
With the ball only Umesh and Chakaravarthy looked threatening whereas Russell was the only one who left a mark with the bat. KKR are set to face RCB on 6th April before their clash with GT.