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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Predictions - Raghuvanshi to take on the tough Titans

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 20 Apr 2025

Simon Lewis 20 Apr 2025

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit the highest score (37) in the match in the low-scoring clash with the Punjab Kings.
Jos Buttler scored 97* off 54 balls against the Delhi Capitals.
Can the Kolkata Knight Riders move to within two points of the top spot?

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Angkrish Raghuvanshi hits over cover against the Sunrisers. (credit: Dibyangshu Sarkar / Getty Images)

Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Predictions

Home ground advantage will be key for the Knight Riders against an in-form Gujarat Titans. The big battle will be between the Knight Riders’ firing bowlers and the Titan’s top-order, and I’m backing the KKR bowlers to triumph on home turf.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi has scored 22*, 26, 50 & 37 in his last 5 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Ajinkya Rahane has scored 38, 61 & 20* in his last 4 innings.
Gujarat Titans’ Jos Buttler has scored 73*, 36 & 97* in his last 5 innings.
Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan has scored 49, 82, 56 & 36 in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

The teams have played just three times, with the Titans winning two of those matches. Their group match last season was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Kolkata Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders’ yo-yo season continued with a 16-run defeat to the Punjab Kings.

The Knight Riders’ attack rolled the Kings for 111 off 15.3 overs. Harshit Rana (3/25, econ 8.33), Varun Chakravarthy (2/21, econ 5.25) and Sunil Narine (2/14, econ 4.66) did the damage with the ball.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi (37 off 28 balls) was guiding his side to the win at 62/2, but they lost their last eight wickets for just 33 runs. This was the lowest successful defence of a total in the history of the IPL.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team News

The Knight Riders will be looking for greater contributions from their top-order batters to support their bowlers.

Gujarat Titans Form

The Titans bounced back from just their second loss of the season (a six-run defeat to the Lucknow Super Giants) by picking up their fifth win of the season, beating the Delhi Capitals by seven wickets.

The Capitals batters all contributed as they posted 203/8 off their 20 overs. Prasidh Krishna (4/41) knocked over four of the Capitals’ top seven.

Jos Buttler smoked an undefeated 97 off 54 balls (four sixes) to keep his side on track for a comfortable seven-wicket win with four balls to spare.

Gujarat Titans Team News

Top of the table and in form, the Titans will be confident coming into this match and are unlikely to make any changes.

Verdict

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I am backing Kolkata Knight Riders to win. I am also backing Angkrish Raghuvanshi to top score for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Jos Buttler is a good bet to top score for the Gujarat Titans.

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