Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Titans Betting Preview, Odds & Predictions

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Kolkata Knight Riders are still in with a chance of hitting the playoffs after four wins.
Gujarat Titans are looking for a fifth straight win to go top of the table.
Explore betting opportunities in handicaps, batters to Score Over/Under Runs, bowlers to Take Over/Under Wickets markets and Match Sixes.

Kagiso Rabada is 2nd on the IPL wickets list (Getty Images),

This Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kolkata Knight Riders prediction preview looks ahead to the IPL group match played in India. The Knight Riders hit a superb run of form after a disastrous start to remain in the playoff picture, but a loss to the Royal Challengers in their last match has made their task very tough with just three matches to play.

Match Details
Recent Form
Head-to-Head Record
Team News
Key Stats
Match Analysis
Betting Markets to Watch
Latest Odds

The Titans have won eight of their last 10 matches and are pushing the Royal Challengers to take top spot. They are level on points but the Titans are behind on net run rate.

Match Details

Match	Kolkata Knight Riders vs Kolkata Knight Riders
Competition	Indian Premier League
Date	16 May 2026
Time	16:00 SAST
Venue	Eden Gardens, India

Recent Form

Team	Last 5 Matches
Kolkata Knight Riders	WWWWL
Gujarat Titans	WWWWW

This should be a super clash between two teams in great form, with the Knight Riders tasting defeat for the first time in five matches after going down to log-leaders the Royal Challengers in the last over of the match.

Head-to-Head Record

Season	Winner	Margin of victory	Competition
2026	Gujarat Titans	5 wickets	IPL
2025	Gujarat Titans	39 runs	IPL
2024	Match abandoned	No result	00 runs wickets
2023	Gujarat Titans	7 wickets	IPL
2023	Kolkata Knight Riders	3 wickets	IPL

The two sides have played just six times in the IPL, with the Titans winning four of those matches, with one abandoned match. The Titans have won the last three completed matches.

Team News

Kolkata Knight Riders: The Knight Riders are enjoying great form, with a lot of their success down to their top batter, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (340 runs), and bowler, Kartik Tyagi (16 wickets). After four wins in five they are likely to stick with their current starting XI, although they are hoping star spinner Varun Chakravarthy will return from injury after missing the defeat to the Royal Challengers.

"We're always excited to go back (home). We have our fans there, and we're looking to make sure when Varun comes back in the next game, we get our strong bowling side back together and use home conditions to our advantage," said Knight Riders head coach Abhishek Nayar in a press conference.

Possible XI: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik.

Gujarat Titans: The visitors are being driven towards top spot by a commanding batting spell by Sai Sudharsan, who is second on the IPL runs list for the season.

Possible XI: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj.

Key Stats

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Angkrish Raghuvanshi has scored 59 & 71 in his last 2 knocks.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh has scored 53*, 83*, 22* & 49* in his last 4 knocks.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Kartik Tyagi has taken 3/22, 2/30, 2/25 and 3/32 in 5 matches.
Gujarat Titans’ Sai Sudharsan has scored 87, 57, 55 & 61 in his last 5 innings.
Gujarat Titans’ Washington Sundar hit 40*, 37* & 50 in his last 3 knocks.
Gujarat Titans’ Kagiso Rabada is 2nd on the IPL wickets list with 21 wickets (S/R 13.1).

Match Analysis

The last match played at Eden Gardens saw the Knight Riders beat the Rajasthan Royals by four wickets with two balls to spare. The Knight Riders restricted the Royals to just 155/9 off their 20 overs, hitting just five sixes.

The Knight Riders got off to a bad start and were 85/6 but Rinku Singh scored an undefeated half-century to take their side to the win.

This season the Eden Gardens pitch has played lower and slower than in previous season, which has made life easier for the quicks as well as the spinners, with the latter drawing lots of turn from the track. The quicks have benefitted from plenty of movement in addition to variable bounce. The outfield is lightning fast, especially when the ball hits the turf nets area near the boundary.

The weather reports suggest we’re in for a cloudy day with temperatures close to 34°C with a minimal possibility of rain.

Betting Markets to Watch

Result

With home ground advantage and hopefully with Varun Chakravarthy back in the side from injury, the Knight Riders will be going flat out to stay in the playoff race and should throw everything at the Titans.

Score Over/Under Runs

Sai Sudharsan has scored 55-plus four times in his last five innings and is worth backing to score over 33 runs.

Take Over/Under Wickets

Kagiso Rabada has taken 3/35, 1/44, 2/22, 2/33 and 3/28 in his last five matches and is backed to take two or more wickets for the Titans. The Knight Riders’ Kartik Tyagi has taken 3/22, 2/30, 2/25 and 3/32 in his last 5 matches and we’re also backing him to take two wickets or more in the match

Latest Odds

Market	Odds
Kolkata Knight Riders Win	2.05
Gujarat Titans Riders Win	1.68
Match to go to a Super Over	29.00

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Verdict

Kolkata Knight Riders v Gujarat Titans

Sai Sudharsan is backed to score over 33 runs, with Kagiso Rabada our pick to take two wickets or more in the match.

The Knight Riders are backed to pick up an unexpected win, with Kartik Tyagi a good choice to take more than one wicket in the match.

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