IPL 2026 GT vs KKR Playing 11: Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans will square off against Ajinkya Rahane-led Kolkata Knight Riders in the 25th match of the IPL 2026 on April 17 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.

Gujarat based franchise has secured 2 wins out of four games and is in search for their third win in the ongoing campaign. Meanwhile, the Kolkata Knight Riders are hunting their first win in the IPL 2026 season.

With the Titans sitting in the sixth position, the Knight Riders are at the bottom of the IPL 2026 points table.

The sides have met on 5 occasions in IPL stages, where the Gujarat Titans have three wins while the Kolkata have only one win, and one game ended with no result.

Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and opted to bat. Speaking at the toss, KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said, “We will look to bat first. We just want our batters to play freely, with freedom. The kind of tournament we’ve had so far, we’ve tried everything, chasing targets, batting first as well. I thought giving that freedom to the batters and then defending the total would be a good approach.

Speaking at the today playing 11, Rahane added, “We just want to focus on our strengths, play good cricket. T20 is all about momentum, winning small moments. Today, we just want to play fearless cricket and stay in the moment. Just one change. Tim Seifert comes in place of Finn Allen.

GT captain Shubman Gill said, “Honestly, we would have bowled first. I always feel the weather is getting a bit hotter, so there might be some dew around. We haven’t seen it in the past 3-4 matches that we’ve played, but as we get deeper into the tournament, with the weather getting hotter, there might be some dew.”

“That’s something we always talk about in team meetings, keep the simple things simple. Don’t complicate it too much because it’s such a technical game. The more you complicate it, the more difficult it becomes. We got the same team,” concluded Gill.

Meanwhile, check Narendra Modi Stadium weather report for the IPL 2026 clash between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders.

IPL 2026 GT vs KKR Playing 11

Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill(c), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ashok Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi