Gujarat

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

Tim Seifert (W)

Sunil Narine

Ajinkya Rahane (C)

Angkrish Raghuvanshi

Rinku Singh

Cameron Green

Rovman Powell

Ramandeep Singh

Anukul Roy

Vaibhav Arora

Kartik Tyagi

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane

Angkrish Avaneesh Raghuvanshi

Anukul Sudhakar Roy

Blessing Muzarabani

Cameron Donald Green

Daksh Kamra

Finnley Hugh Allen

Manish Krishnanand Pandey

Matheesha Pathirana

Navdeep Amarjeet Saini

Prashant Hitesh Solanki

Rachin Ravindra

Rahul Ajay Tripathi

Rinku Khanchand Singh

Sarthak Ranjan

Saurabh Rajendraprasad Dubey

Sunil Philip Narine

Tejasvi Singh

Tim Louis Seifert

Umran Malik

Vaibhav Gopal Arora

Varun Chakaravarthy Vinod

Gujarat Titans

Anuj Rawat

Mohd Arshad Khan

Glenn Dominic Phillips

Gurnoor Singh Brar

Ishant Sharma

Jason Omar Holder

Jayant Yadav

Joseph Charles Buttler

Kulwant Khejroliya

Kumar Kushagra

Luke Wood

Manav Jagdusakumar Suthar

Nishant Sunil Kumar Sindhu

Muralikrishna Prasidh Krishna

Rashid Khan Arman

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

Bhardwaj Sai Sudharsan

Masood Shahrukh Khan

Shubman Singh Gill

Thomas Banton

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Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and chose to bat fist against Gujarat Titans in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 clash at the Narendra Modi stadium

KKR won the toss and decided to bat first against GT in their IPL 2026 clash

Here are the playing XI of both the teams:

GT captain Shubman Gill (L) and KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahane in frame. (X)

IPL 2026: KKR elect to bat against GT with one big change; know playing XIs

Gujarat Titans' star wicketkeeper-batter Tom Banton has been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to finger injury. Meanwhile, South Africa's Connor Esterhuizen has been announced as Banton's replacement

Gujarat Titans' Tom Banton has been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to finger injury

South Africa's Connor Esterhuizen has been announced as Tom Banton's replacement

Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill in this frame. (X)

Big blow to GT, star player ruled out of IPL 2026; replacement announced

Gujarat Titans face struggling Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-scoring IPL 2026 clash at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium on April 17.


Kolkata Knight Riders yet to win this season, sit bottom of the points table.

Batting-friendly pitch expected to deliver a run-fest in Ahmedabad.

GT skipper Shubman Gill and KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane in this frame (X).

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Former India's star all-rounder Irfan Pathan pointed out at Hardik Pandya's performance and captaincy amidst Mumbai Indians' horrendous outing in IPL 2026

Hardik Pandya's captaincy is being heavily questioned amidst MI's nightmarish outing in IPL 2026

MI have lost four matches on the trot in the ongoing IPL 2026

MI captain Hardik Pandya in this frame. (X)

'Looking very worried in pressure': Pandya's captaincy comes under scanner

Kris Srikkanth questions KKR’s leadership call, suggesting a potential captaincy change if Ajinkya Rahane fails to turn things around in IPL 2026.


Srikkanth calls Rahane’s captaincy a “wrong move”, backs Sunil Narine as alternative.

Kolkata Knight Riders remain winless after five games, struggling with form and team balance.

KKR's skipper Ajinkya Rahane in this frame (X).

IPL 2026: India's WC-winner urges KKR to drop Ajinkya Rahane

Irfan Pathan thinks there are two big reasons that have led to Mumbai Indians' pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah's wicket-less streak in IPL 2026

Jasprit Bumrah is yet to take a single wicket in the ongoing season of IPL

Bumrah has bowled 19 overs across five matches for MI and has conceded 164 runs

MI's pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah in this frame. (X)

'Two things are causing problems': Irfan Pathan reveals reason behind Bumrah's w

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GT vs KKR Match 25 Playing XI - Ahmedabad (17 April 2026)

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IPL 2026: KKR elect to bat against GT with one big change; know playing XIs

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