Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host Gujarat Titans (GT) in the 60th match of IPL 2026. The fixture will be played at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from 7:30 PM IST. The toss will take place at 7:00 PM IST. With only 4 wins and 9 points, KKR are reeling in the 8th spot in the points table and they have bleak chances of making it to the playoffs. The Ajinkya Rahane-led side has suffered 6 defeats. Another defeat here will confirm their exit from the tournament. GT has 8 wins and 16 points. They are placed in the second spot.
GT are in form and they are on a five-match winning streak. After losing back-to-back games against Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), GT bounced back strongly and they registered three back-to-back wins.
They suffered two consecutive defeats against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). They have defeated Chennai Super Kings, RCB, PBKS, RR and Sunrisers Hyderabad in their past five games.
KKR made the worst-possible start to their campaign and they failed to register a win in the first six games. Their third game against PBKS was washed out due to rain. They won four back-to-back games against RR, Lucknow Super Giants, SRH and Delhi Capitals. RCB halted KKR’s winning run by chasing down the target of 193.
KKR have bleak chances of making it to the IPL 2026 playoffs now. They can finish with a maximum of 15 points even if they win their next three games.
Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Cameron Green, Rinku Singh, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Dubey, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert, Varun Chakaravarthy, Blessing Muzarabani, Matheesha Pathirana, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Sarthak Ranjan, Prashant Solanki, Daksh Kamra
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (Captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Glenn Phillips, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Shahrukh Khan, Ashok Sharma, Luke Wood, Connor Esterhuizen, Ishant Sharma, Jayant Yadav, Kulwant Khejroliya, Manav Suthar, Gurnoor Brar.
