Kolkata Knight Riders had won four in a row before losing to RCB, a match in which Angkrish Raghuvanshi made 71 and Rinku Singh an unbeaten 49 to lift KKR to 192, only for Virat Kohli’s century to see RCB home with six wickets in hand. Kartik Tyagi took three wickets in defeat and now has 16 this season.
Raghuvanshi leads KKR’s run charts with 340, Rinku has 286 at a strike rate close to 150, and Finn Allen has 228 in eight matches at a strike rate above 207. Ajinkya Rahane has scored only 170 in his other ten innings outside a 67 in the opener. Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and Anukul Roy have combined for 29 wickets.
Gujarat Titans have climbed to second after five straight wins, the latest a 168 defence that bowled Sunrisers Hyderabad out for 86, with Kagiso Rabada and Jason Holder taking three each. Sai Sudharsan has 501 runs in 12 games and Shubman Gill 467, while Washington Sundar has 296. Rabada has 21 wickets, Rashid Khan 16 and Mohammed Siraj 13. The middle order is their softer spot, and KKR’s best hope is early wickets, but our preview still leans to Gujarat.
