GT vs KKR Match 25 Live Commentary - Ahmedabad (17 April 2026)

Too full on middle and leg. Green flicks it behind square leg for a run.

Hard length, over the top of middle, Sunil moves leg side, and opts to drop his wrists.

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Phillips with another memorable catch. Kolkata Knight Riders are 166/8 down now with their innings falling apart.

 FOUR! Wonderful shot! At 144.8 kph, this is slammed short and outside off. Ramandeep covers the off pole, arches back and uppercuts it over backward point for a boundary on the bounce.

 FOUR! Runs behind! Smashes the short length and angles it around the left shoulder of the batter. Ramandeep Singh gets inside the line and tries to pull, but is hurried by the pace and bounce. Gets a top edge that brushes the helmet before the ball runs to the deep fine leg fence.

OUT! MILES UP AND CAUGHT! The slower one does the trick again for Ashok. Back of the hand slower ball, full and outside off, at 105.9 kph. Ramandeep gets down on one knee and looks to go big down the ground. The change of pace deceives him. He fails to read it, miscues off the toe end, and sends it ballooning high into the wide long on region. Siraj moves to his right and settles under the skier, taking it with a reverse cup just above his right shoulder. 147/4 becomes 165/7 for KKR.

Back of a length around leg, with extra bounce. Narine backs away to create room and looks to slap it through the off side, but the ball skips past him and goes through to the keeper.

 Again swing and a miss! Full, slanting across the left-hander and angling away at 150 kph. Narine backs away and throws his hands at it, but fails to connect.

This is good bowling. Keeps the angle across the batter, on a hard length, Sunil Narine clears the front leg, and looks to smash over the in-field on the off side, but misses to connect this one again.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! No heroics from Rinku in Ahmedabad this time around. Slammed hard on a length, angled across the batter with a good bit of bounce. Rinku Singh opens up his stance and tries to smash it down the ground, but loses his shape completely while doing so and a thin outside edge is found. Buttler takes a regulation catch behind, followed by a muted celebration. Wicket number 3 for Rabada and GT come back strongly. Kolkata Knight Riders have slipped from 147/4 to 148/6 in the span of three balls.

On a hard length, on middle. Ramandeep Singh walks across and looks to clip it away. Gets a soft leading edge to cover.

SIX! Helped away! Short at the ribs. Ramandeep Singh uses the pace, stands tall and pulls it behind deep fine leg for six.

Nagging length, on middle. Ramandeep Singh tucks it to mid-wicket.

On a back of a length, angling into the body. Ramandeep Singh works it wide of deep mid-wicket for a couple of runs.

Length ball nipping in at 143.2 kph, on leg. Ramandeep Singh clips it a bit aerially to the square leg region for a single only.

Very full, a bit of tail back into the right-hander. Green smashes it down to long on for a single.

On a back of a length, on off. Anukul Roy runs it down to deep third for a run.

FOUR! Put away with ease! Prasidh Krishna goes searching for the yorker. It comes out as a low full toss, on middle. Green stays deep in the crease and clears the front leg. He swats it to the right of long on for a boundary.

Wide! Krishna drifts down leg with a yorker. Cameron Green continues to stand deep in the crease and he tries to whip it away but misses.

Lowish full toss, on middle. Cameron swipes it away to deep mid-wicket for one more run.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Prasidh Krishna breaks through for GT. Krishna pushes it across the left-hander, on a good length from over the wicket. Roy's weight stays on the back foot, and he stays leg side of the ball, looking to go inside out. The ball leaves him with the angle and grazes the outside edge on the way to the keeper, Jos Buttler, who snaffles it safely. Wicket number 11 of the season for Prasidh.

Going away, on a length. Rinku opens the bat face and carves it to deep point. Gets off the mark with a single.

SIX! Incredible ball-striking. Not all that short, pushed through, on off and middle. Green stays deep in the crease and gets the front leg out of the way. He gets under the ball and mows it over mid-wicket for a six.

EDGED, FOUR! Googly, full and on middle. Green jumps out of the crease and ends up yorking himself. The ball catches an outside edge and Jos Buttler behind the wickets stands no chance. A healthy deflection and the ball goes Buttler's right before he can even react.

DROPPED, FOUR! It is all going Cameron Green's way. Washington Sundar is the guilty party. Full and on middle. Cameron sinks to a knee and brings out the sweep. Green hits it flat and to the left of deep square leg. Sundar moves to his left in the deep and stays side-on to take the catch. He fails to cling on and to make matters worse for GT, the ball trickles into the ropes off his hands.

Full and on middle. Green attempts the sweep. Gets an inside edge onto the pads and the ball dribbles down the pitch.

Rashid keeps it full, on middle. Green gets his hands through the line and hammers it back past the bowler. The long off fielder gets around and cuts it off. Two runs taken. A 50-run partnership comes up between Green and Roy. Fairly, a Green dominated one.

Very full at 94.7 kph, on middle. Cameron Green gets low, takes the front foot away and slogs it along the ground to deep mid-wicket's right for a single. 17 runs off Rashid's 3rd over.

Tight second run! Across off, on a good length, Roy stays leg side and steers it to the left of deep third. A late decision to come back for the second run. Anukul hurries to the danger end as the throw comes in. Jos Buttler tries to deflect the ball onto the stumps but fails to make any contact.

On a length, on middle. Roy firms the drive on the bounce back to the bowler. Sharma gets a hand on it and it parries to the left of mid-wicket for a run.

SIX! Clean strike! Sharma serves it on a back of a length, on middle. Green hangs deep in the crease, clears the front leg and smokes it over deep square leg. The ball thuds into the display car stationed beyond the advertising boards and causes a dent.

WIDE! Sharp bumper, outside off, and it keeps flying off the pitch. Even Green's tall figure is unable to reach that for the ramp shot. Buttler leaps and collects the ball behind. Green has taken the review for wide not given, reckoning that it passed above his head. Ball Tracking confirms that it is over his head height. So it will be called a wide.

SIX! That's into the stands. Slower length ball on off, Cameron Green dances down the track and hammers it over the long on fence for a cracking six.

 FIFTY FOR CAMERON GREEN! Off 34 balls. That will make him feel a lot better after all the struggles he has had this season. His first fifty in KKR colors, and overall, this is his 3rd IPL half century. This is pitched on a length, on off and middle. Green waits back and nudges it behind square leg and scampers back for the second run. The KKR dugout is up on its feet as he calmly raises his bat. 

On a hard length, around off. Green presses back for the pull but mistimes the shot to deep mid-wicket for a single. Another productive over for KKR, 19 runs off it.

GT burn a review! Floated up, on a length, in and around the off pole. Green plants his front foot across and attempts the sweep. The ball sneaks under his bat to catch him on the knee roll on the front pad. A loud shout for LBW but turned down. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes down to deep fine leg. The impact looks outside the line but Rashid seems confident and GT send it upstairs. The Ball Tracking confirms that the impact is outside the line of the off stump.

On a nagging length, on off, Roy drops it with soft hands beside the strip on the off side. They think about a quick single but decide against it.

FOUR! Lovely stroke! Googly by Rashid, full and on off. Anukul Roy picks the wrong'un and reaches out in front. Goes inside out over cover and gets off the mark with a boundary.

Full and on middle. Roy hits it down to long on for a run.

SIX! Good use of the feet! Rashid serves it on a good length, outside off. Cameron Green jumps out of the crease and even though he does not quite get entirely to the pitch of the ball, he uses his reach and launches it over long on for a biggie.

FOUR! In the gap! Another expensive over from Rashid, 26 runs off his 2 overs so far. Predictable from Rashid as he drags the length back after being hit for a six. Green waits back and pulls it in the gap between deep mid-wicket and deep square leg for a four.

Produces a searing yorker, right at the base of the middle stump. Green jams it out back to the bowler.

No ball! Slower ball attempted by Sharma but he gets it all wrong. It lands outside the cut-strip on the off side. Green lets it go. Free Hit to follow...

Well bowled! Ashok bends his back and digs it in short at 143.3 kph, just around the off stump. Green swings hard at it for the pull but is beaten for pace.

FOUR! Streaky! At 145.5 kph, on a length, outside off. Green clears the front leg and leaves nothing in the tank. Gets an inside edge that goes past the leg pole and races fine of the short fine leg fielder. The 50-run partnership comes up between Powell and Green.

Serious heat from Ashok! Slips in a bumper that skids through and keeps climbing on the batter, over off. Green tries to take it on but fails to connect. Cameron checks with Powell regarding he height of the ball but they eventually do not go for the review.

Not in control but safe! Back-of-the-hand slower delivery, on a good length, near the tramline. Green is made to reach out and he swings to go back over the bowler's head. Slices it off the outer half over backward point. The sub fielder, Manav Suthar, runs over his right shoulder but the ball drops out of his reach. They cross.

Wide! Sharma brings out the bumper at 146 kph, over off. Powell goes for the pull but the ball sails over his head. Wide given for height. 

OUT! IN THE AIR AND GONE! Excellent deception from Ashok Sharma, and he gets the reward. The 55-run stand is broken. After the previous bouncer at 146 kph, Sharma dishes out the back-of-the-hand slower ball at 107.7 kph. This is fuller and around off. Powell clears the front leg and swings to go downtown but he does not pick the change of pace. Rovman is early into the lofted hit and skies it towards mid on, where Mohammed Siraj runs in off the ropes and takes the catch around his left shoulder. 

 FOUR! Nicely done! Serves it full and in front of the middle pole. Rovman Powell gets his front foot across and sits down on a knee. Lap-sweeps it through the vacant short fine leg region and picks up a boundary.

Slightly pulls the length back, does Rashid. Powell sweeps it uppishly on the leg side for a single.

Full and flat, on middle, Green presses ahead and tugs it to mid-wicket.

WIDE! Too straight down leg, on a length. Green opts to leave.

Drags the length back, stump-to-stump, Cameron Green bunts it back to the bowler off the back foot.

 FOUR! Uses his reach to good effect! Rashid pitches it outside off, and it is the googly, on a fuller length. Cameron Green drags his hands in front, gets low on a knee and nails the sweep shot to the deep square leg fence.

A short googly, on off. Green goes back and across to pull, but only gets a thick inside edge and the ball runs to long leg for a single. At halfway, Kolkata Knight Riders are 80/3.

 FOUR! Good pick-up shot and that should get Green going! Touch back of a length, on off, angling in. Green picks the length early, weighs on the back foot and pulls it over mid-wicket for a one-bounce boundary.

A huge cry for LBW by the bowler, but the umpire is unmoved. Pushed fuller and nipping in from middle to leg. Green is drawn forward and gets a thin inside edge onto the pads before the ball rolls away to the off side. They cross.

Hits the length hard, on off, Powell presses back and eases it to backward point.

Pitched up, around off, Powell swings hard at it, and slices it above backward point for a run.

Fired in fuller at 146.4 kph, almost a yorker, on the stumps. Green's head falls over a bit, and he squeezes it behind square leg for a couple of runs. Played more off the inside edge.

Full toss at knee height, on middle. Green flicks it in the vast acreage between the long on and deep mid-wicket fielders. The latter gets across and the batters hustle back for the second. Another over that goes for double figures for the Knight Riders. 10 runs off it.

Tight single! Starts with a hard length ball, on top of off, Green drops it off the back foot in front of cover-point and calls Powell through for a single. It is Glenn Phillips who dives forward and releases an underarm throw to the batting end, but misses his throw by a close margin, allowing Powell to rush in safely.

Touch full and around off. Powell knocks it to the right of cover. Glenn Phillips again, dives to his right and stops it.

Straighter line, outside off, on a length. Powell lines up to pull, but the ball doesn't rise much and he inside edges onto the pads.

 SIX! That was six the moment he hit it! Short by Ashok, on top of middle. Rovman Powell waits on the back foot, creates a strong base and nails the pull shot deep into the stands behind deep mid-wicket.

 FOUR! That's a sizzling shot! Back of a length, outside off, Rovman Powell cashes on the width offered. Sits back, uses the pace and square cuts it to the right of short third for a boundary. He was onto it in a flash.

Hard legth, just outside off, punched off the back foot to the point fielder. Another productive over for KKR. 11 runs from it. 22 from the last 2 overs.

Full and wide on the off side, Powell reaches for it and slices it over point for a single.

WIDE! Down the leg side, on a good length. Green gets inside the line to whip it but misses.

Shapes away slightly on a good length, outside off, at 136.3 kph. Cameron Green cuts it through point for a run.

A big appeal for LBW, but it is not entertained by the umpire. Not much enthusiasm from Buttler either and hence, the Titans do not review. Fullish in length, nipping back in from middle to leg. Rovman Powell plays over the line to push it straight but is hit on the front pad.

Nice and full, on the stumps, Powell drills it back to the bowler. Krishna collects the ball on his follow-through and throws it past Powell to the keeper in aggression.

 SIX! High and handsome! Pitched into the slot, on middle. Rovman Powell gets under it and launches it miles in the air, clearing the long on fence for half a dozen runs. KKR need more of these.

The length is slightly pulled back by 'Skiddy', Powell clips it through the mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. 11 runs off Prasidh's first.

A slight appeal for LBW, but not given. Probably a bit too straight to go down leg. Full in length, angled at the leg stump line. Rovman Powell plays all around while trying to work it leg side and is hit on the front pad.

 Play and a miss! Slightly fuller and wide outside off now. Powell does not move his feet much, throws his hands to hit it to the off side, but gets beaten as the ball nips away.

Back of a length, outside off, Powell uses the pace and runs it behind to deep third for a single.

Hits the hard length, at 141.6 kph, around off. Green stands tall and dabs it down to backward point.

 Beaten! Good pace and bounce for Rabada. On a length, kicking up, outside off. Cameron Green flays at it loosely, and the ball goes over his angled bat.

Excellent bowling! Full and in front of the stumps, Cameron Green presses forward and smothers it back to the bowler. Just 1 run from this over. At the end of the Powerplay, KKR are crawling at 37/3.

In and around the off stump, on a good length. Green waits on the back foot and steers it to the right of the man at backward point. They think about the second run but Glenn Phillips hunts it down and keeps the batters down to a single.

A ripper from Siraj! Seam-up ball, on a nagging length. This angles in before nipping away from the off stump. Powell presents a straight bat for the block but is beaten on the outside edge.

Continues on that off-stump line, on a good length. Powell is squared up as the ball jags away off the surface. It goes off the outer half to deep third for a run.

Given caught behind, but successfully overturned! A surprise short ball from Siraj, over the left shoulder. Green tries to take it on but is late on the pull. The ball goes behind, where Jos Buttler takes the catch by moving to his left. Cameron Green reviews almost immediately. The replays show the ball to be passing over the bat and the glove. The UltraEdge confirms the same with a flat line. 

This keeps low! In the channel, on a good length. Green collapses his back knee and goes hard on the drive but he is beaten due to the lack of bounce.

Siraj hurls it on a short of a length, on off. Cameron hangs back and guides it between backward point and cover-point. Glenn Phillips turns aorund and goes after it but cannot prevent the batters from taking the second run.

FOUR! Gets it through! A bit wide on off, on a short of a length. Seifert gets on top of the bounce and plays a punchy drive on the up to the right of cover for a boundary.

Tighter line, on off and middle, on a nagging length. This is punched to the left of mid on for one.

Angled in, on a good length, on middle. Green is beaten on the flick. A leg bye is taken as the ball goes square on the leg side.

Oh, that could have gone anywhere! Rabada goes full, outside off. Seifert sees the ball in his arc and he swings for the hills. The ball flies down to the deep third fielder on the bounce off an outside edge. They cross.

Moving away, on a length. Green pushes well away from his body. The ball goes off the outer edge to deep third for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two wickets in two overs for Rabada. The start gets even better for the Titans. Not the best of balls by Rabada, though. Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Tim Seifert looks to get on top of the bounce and flay it up and over the infield on the off side. The ball does not rise as much as the Kiwi expected it to. Tim hits it flat and straight to cover-point, where Glenn Phillips gobbles it up. KKR are 32/3.

Goes past the bat! Full and curving away at 137.3 kph, outside off. Seifert goes for the expansive drive away from his body, with his feet going nowhere. Gets beaten on the outside edge.

Siraj pulls the length back and keeps it around the off stump. Tim stabs it down on the off side.

Just outside off, on a good length. Tim plays it on the up towards the catching cover fielder, who lets it through. The batters are quick to sneak in a single before Shubman Gill at mid off can get to the ball.

Lovely bowling from Siraj! Nice and full, Siraj hangs it up there and gets the ball to swing away from the right-hander. Green is lured into the drive and he pushes away from his body, only to be beaten on the outside edge.

Full and in line with the off stump. Green gives himself a bit of room and flashes hard at the ball. Gets a thickish outside edge and it flies down to deep backward point. Ashok Sharma gets around to his right and saves a couple of runs for his side.

Good effort! Siraj hits the back of a length, on off. Cameron plays it right under his eyes as he dabs it wide of backward point. Green waits for the ball to go past the fielder there but Seifert is halfway through. The sub fielder, Manav Suthar, flings himself to his left and cuts it off. He gets rid of the ball but Tim is in by then.

Ouch, Seifert cops a painful blow. Rabada bashes the hard length, on middle. Seifert gets on his toes and ends up getting himself into a tangle as he looks to fend it down. Tim is beaten and wears it on the midriff.

A flash and a miss! On a hard length again and outside off. Seifert sees the width on offer and throws his hands at the ball but the keeps climbing and goes over the flailing blade.

SIX! Nicely put away! Fuller than the previous ball and the line is on top of off. Seifert picks up the length early and gets the ball at hip height. He swivels and dispatches it over mid-wicket for a biggie.

Angled into the right-hander, on a length. Seifert works it wide of mid on for one.

FOUR! Siraj's effort goes in vain. Rabada drags the length back and offers width. Angkrish Raghuvanshi flashes at it but is late in doing so. The ball comes off the toe end and races down to deep third. Siraj dives to his left but the ball evades him.

Wide! Fuller and sprayed down leg. Raghuvanshi misses out on the tickle.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Kagiso Rabada gets his radar and strikes. That Test-match line and length, on a good length, in the corridor of uncertainty. Angkrish Raghuvanshi hangs back and opens the bat face, looking to run it down to deep third. The ball brushes the outside edge before going into the mitts of the keeper, Jos Buttler, who makes no mistake. With this, Buttler completes 300 T20 catches. First Siraj and now Rabada, both GT quicks striking in the first over.

Just a hint of away movement. At 134.2 kph, on a good length, around the off stump. Seifert covers the line and taps it to cover.

FOUR! Seifert and KKR are up and running! Fractionally wide, enough for Seifert to cash in. This is on a good length and Tim extends his hands before driving it on the up between cover and mid off for the first boundary of the game.

Pitched up by Siraj, a hint of away shape, on off. Seifert gets on the front foot and knocks it to the left of the man at mid off for a single.

OUT! STRAIGHT UP AND TAKEN! Siraj lands the first blow. Just before this ball, Simon Katich was praising Tim Seifert for the way he played the first few balls with the swing and very unlike Finn Allen, who has been dismissed while going across the line. Ajinkya Rahane goes the Allen way and pays the price. This is full, outside off. A bit of away movement. Rahane gets his hands out in front and swings hard at it. Cuts across the ball and slices it in the air towards mid on, where Kagiso Rabada settles under it and does the rest. A golden duck for the KKR captain.

Moving away, on a good length, Angkrish Raghuvanshi makes a watchful leave.

FOUR! Raghuvanshi is away! A little bit short and outside off. Angkrish lets the ball come to him and frees his arms to cut it hard on the bounce to backward point. Rahul Tewatia leaps and gets a hand on it, but it is not enough as the ball still races behind for a four.