New Delhi. The Gujarat Titans (GT) team has reached very close to the IPL playoffs. He defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) by 39 runs on Monday. This is the sixth win in the Gujarat Titans tournament. Now he has 12 points from 8 matches. Gujarat is the only team that has won six matches in the tournament. With another win, she will almost confirm her place in the playoffs.

In IPL 2025, on Monday, Gujarat Titans competed with hosts Kolkata Knight Riders. Gujarat Titans scored 198 runs for 3 wickets while batting first in the match. After this, KKR was stopped for 159 runs for 8 wickets. This is KKR's fifth defeat in 8 matches. The defending champion is at number seven with 6 points in the KKR Point Table.

Race usually starts with 14 points to qualify for IPL playoffs. However, the 14-digit team has to depend on the defeat-win and runrate of other teams to stay in the top-4. There will be at least 16 points to qualify for the playoffs on your own.

KKR could not take advantage of winning the toss
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane won the toss in the match played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. He won the toss and decided to field first but his bowlers did not live up to the hope. Gujarat Tight -based openers Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan beat KKR bowlers fiercely and added 114 runs in just 12.2 overs. This partnership was broken by Sai Sudarshan's dismissal. He scored 52 runs in 36 balls before being dismissed. Sai Sudarshan has also left behind Niklas Puran in the race of Orange Cap. Now he is at number one with 417 runs in this race.

Shubman Gill missed a century
Shubman Gill took the front with Joss Butler after Sai Sudarshan was dismissed. Both of them brought their team from 114 to 172 runs. Shubman Gill (90) reached close to a century. He hit 10 fours and 3 sixes in the 55 -ball innings. After Gill's dismissal, Joss Butler (41) along with Shah Rukh Khan (11) took his team to 198 runs.

KKR lost badly even after captain's fifty
Kolkata Knight Riders, chasing the target, lost the wicket of his opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (1) quickly. Captain Ajinkya Rahane, who came to replace Gurbaz, batted firmly at one end. He scored 50 runs off 36 balls. Apart from captain Rahane, not a single batter of KKR was seen in color. As a result, the team faced defeat. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 27, Andre Russell 21, Rinku Singh 17, Sunil Naren 17 and Venkatesh Iyer scored 14 runs. There is no doubt that KKR was not going to win from such innings and not even.