Shabman Gul.Chasing 248, Gujarat Titans scored 218 for 4 as the Kolkata bowlers held their nerve in the death overs.Gill scored 85 runs off 49 balls with the help of five fours and seven sixes. Jos Buttler added 57 off 35 balls, while Sai Sudharsan returned from retirement to remain unbeaten on 53 off 28 balls.But Kolkata pulled the game back after back-to-back dismissals of Gayle and Buttler. Sunil Narine played an important role with 2 wickets for 29 runs.GT got off to a strong start as Sudharsan and Gill added 42 runs in the first three overs. Sudharsan, however, retired after being hit on the elbow. Nishant Sindhu replaced him but was dismissed cheaply by Narine, who was playing his 200th IPL match.Gill continued the onslaught, hitting fours and sixes against Narine, Anukul Roy and Varun Chakraborty. Buttler also found rhythm as the partnership kept Gujarat in the chase.Gayle completed his fifty in 33 balls and continued to score freely. Buttler brought up his half-century as Gujarat posted 177 for 1 in 16 overs, needing 71 off the last four overs.The match turned when Narine dismissed Gayle, caught by Ankul Roy on the boundary. Buttler then fell trying to accelerate, caught at long-off by Saurabh Dubey.Sudharsan returned to complete his innings and reached his fifty, but the target proved too much. Rahul Teotia was dismissed by Cameron Green at the end of the innings as KKR sealed the win.The win lifted Kolkata Knight Riders to seventh place in the points table, two points behind fourth-placed Punjab Kings.Earlier, KKR scored 247 for 2 after strong batting from Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghavnshi and Green.Allan scored 93 off 35 balls to give Kolkata a flying start. Raghuvanshi then scored an unbeaten 82 off 44 balls, while Green scored 52 off 28 balls to take KKR close to 250 runs.Kolkata were also helped by Gujarat Titans’ poor fielding efforts during the innings.
