KKR vs GT Match 60 Live Commentary - Kolkata (16 May 2026)

Just out of reach! Sliding across off, on a length. Gill plants his front foot towards the pitch of the ball and swings to go down the ground. He cuts across the line of the ball and slices it over extra cover.

Six!

FOUR! Powered away! Green hits the back of a length, outside off. Buttler hangs deep in the crease and opens up the front hip to access the off side. He stands tall and slams it to the right of extra cover for a boundary.

A big swing and a miss! Off-cutter, on a short of a length, around off. Jos puts his head down and swings for the hills but connects with thin air.

And again! A bit on the shorter side but it is another off-pace delivery, on middle. Jos backs away slightly and swings, looking to go down the ground but does not connect.

Nearly went to hand! Green goes short now, outside off. With fine leg inside the circle, Jos walks across for the scoop. The ball gets big on him and lobs off the gloves but does not carry to Sunil Narine at short fine leg, who moves to his left and mops it up. They cross.

Fine effort! Delivers it on a short of a length, on off. Shubman gets on top of it and powers it down the ground. Manish Pandey is quick across the turf to his left as the ball gets to him on a couple of bounces. Pandey makes the stop and saves a couple of runs for his side.

Takes pace off and this is fuller, outside off. Shubman goes hard at it but mistimes it to long off for one.

Across off, on a good length. Gill punches it to extra cover and hurries to the other end.

Full and wide on off. Buttler reaches out and hits it to long off. They cross.

Wide! A half-tracker, down leg. Shubman swings hard at it but fails to connect. A quizzical look by Shubman towards the umpire on wide not being given. He thinks about it before taking the review. The third umpire feels that Gill did not shuffle and that is down leg. There is no bat involved and the ball did not brush any part of the batter's body either. The on-field decision has been overturned to a wide.

Short and on off, this is slapped to deep point for just a single.

Floated up, fuller and on leg. Buttler clips it behind square leg to the left of the man in the deep for a couple of runs.

FOUR! Oh, Ramandeep Singh has let this one through. Fractionally short, on middle and leg. Jos is on the back foot in a flash and he hammers it towards deep backward square leg. It goes straight to the sub fielder, Ramandeep, who bends to gather the ball, but it bounces and spins past his right knee and goes into the fence.

Across off, on the shorter side. Buttler angles it through point and keeps the strike with a single.

Pace off, angled in, on a length, on off. Buttler shuffles across for the scoop but is undone by the slowness of the ball. He toe-ends it in the vacant square leg region and comes charging back for the second run.

Into the surface, on off. Buttler backs away to force it through the off side. He does not pick the slower ball and is early into the shot. Plays it uppishly but well away from the man at extra cover to his left. Another brace for Jos.

Slips in the yorker, outside off. Buttler is beaten for pace as he fails to dig it out.

Tyagi bashes the deck at 145.1 kph, on off. Buttler makes room to flat bat it back over the bowler's head. He mistimes it to long on and crosses over.

FIFTY FOR GILL! 5th half-century of the season for the GT captain. Having been there since the start, he needs to carry his team right through, and the need is to up the ante. On a back of a good length, on off, Shubman taps it wide of point and completes a single.

FOUR! Streaky! Gets the yorker in, outside off. Buttler drops his bat down but gets an inside edge and the ball goes past the keeper's left and races away to the deep fine leg fence.

Around off, at 106.4 kph, on a length, Jos Buttler steers it off the back foot through point for a single.

Drag-downer, outside leg, Shubman Gill swivels and pulls it to deep backward square leg for an easy run.

 FOUR! Puts it away! At 104.2 kph, short, outside off. Jos Buttler hangs deep in the crease and cuts the leg break by using the pace. Beats the backward point fielder to his right and picks up a boundary.

Drags the length again, does Varun. On middle. Jos Buttler gets on the back foot and steers it to deep square leg for a single. The 50-run partnership comes up between Buttler and Gill.

Not that short, on leg, much quicker at 110.9 kph. Shubman Gill opts to play from the crease and gently tucks it through mid-wicket. The call is for two, and by the time the fielder charges in off the ropes, they hustle back for the second run. 100 UP FOR GUJARAT TITANS!

A bit of yes, no, and Gill is back home just in the nick of time! A bit short in length, outside off. Gill waits back and cuts it to the short third fielder and is off for a run, but Buttler, after taking a couple of steps forward, sends the skipper back. Gill is quick to turn around and retreats by putting in a dive as the fielder throws it to the keeper, who whips the bails off. However, the replay shows that Gill has managed to slide his back in the crease in time. At the halfway stage, the Gujarat Titans are 101/1.

Smart review! Fullish, wide outside off, spinning away after pitching. It goes underground and almost dies on the keeper. Shubman Gill lets it be. Wide called. But Anukul is surprised by the decision and convinces Rahane to review it. It is a fair delivery to begin with. The split-screen replays come up. Gill has not moved, so the guideline remains as it is, and it shows that the ball is clearly inside that. So the on-field decision is overturned.

 SIX! Straight as an arrow! Slips in a juicy full toss, on middle. Shubman Gill tiptoes ahead and does not try to overhit it. Just lofts it over the bowler and clears the fence behind him for a six.

 SIX! LAUNCHED! Serves it full and into the slot, outside off. Shubman Gill leans on with a big stride and smashes it over the deep extra cover fence for six more.

At 91.8 kph, Roy darts it outside leg, on a fuller length. Shubman Gill tries to sweep it away, but misses and the ball deflects off the front pad to the right of short fine leg for a leg bye.

At 96 kph, on middle and leg, an in-drifter. Buttler comes forward, takes it on the full and whips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

 FOUR! The captain on the charge! Gill moves to 46 with this four. Bowls it relatively fuller, and outside the off stump. Shubman Gill has ample room to work with. Gets crouched in the crease, and flat bats it over the bowler's head to pick up a boundary down the ground. An expensive start for Roy.

Around the stump, too full, on leg. Comfortably flicked off the pads by Gill to deep mid-wicket for a run.

Over the stumps now. This drifts in on middle, but it is a low, dipping full toss. Jos Buttler drills it down to long off for a single.

Back to around the wickets. On a length, on leg. Gill camps back and jabs it off the back foot to the left of deep mid-wicket for a single.

Switches back to over the wicket again. Full on middle, Jos Buttler whips it along the turf to deep mid-wicket for one more.

Shortish ball, sliding across the batter, outside off. Gill hangs on the back foot and tries to pierce the gap at backward point, but cannot get it past Manish Pandey there.

At 102.1 kph, this is pushed on a length, on middle. Shubman Gill plays off the back foot and punches it through cover-point for a single. Just 5 runs from Varun's first.

Dishes it short, on off. Gill stays parked on the back foot and punches it to cover.

 SIX! A mighty hit and that should get Gill going! Drops it fuller and into the slot, outside off. Shubman Gill picks the length early, gets down on a knee and slog sweeps it over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

Tighter line, on the stumps, on a length, seemingly the carrom ball. Gill hangs back and watchfully bunts it back to Narine.

 SIX! Graceful stroke! Narine alters his line and bowls around off and middle, on a fuller length. Shubman Gill shimmies down the track, uses his wrists and whips it nicely over the deep mid-wicket fence for a beautiful six.

Drags the length back, spinning in on the pads. Gill tucks it through wide mid on for a single.

Pitched in and around the leg stump, on a fractionally fuller length. Jos Buttler goes deep in the crease and blocks it down the pitch.

Speared on a length, on middle. Shubman Gill plays from the crease and knocks it to widish mid-wicket for a hasty single.

Off cutter, full and outside off. Buttler drives it along the ground to deep point for an easy single.

Angled across the batter, on a good length. Gill plays off the back foot, frees his arms and cuts it to Rinku Singh at deep point for a run.

Hard length, on top of off. Jos Buttler camps back and punches it crisply to the cover fielder.

Deceptive slower yorker, on the stumps. Jos Buttler lets the ball dip and carves it in front of mid off for a single.

Wide full toss, with pace taken off as well. Shubman Gill moves outside leg by charging down the track and hits it away to the cover region for a single. That's the end of the Powerplay and GT are 56/1.

OUT! CAUGHT! Sunil Narine strikes with his first ball in his 200th IPL game for the Knight Riders. Begins with a off-break, flighted delivery, on off. Nishant Sindhu extends his hands into the lofted hit but he gets no elevation whatsoever. Hits it flat and straight down the throat of long off, where Manish Pandey gets low and takes the catch around his knees.

The 50 is up for the Titans. Shorter and a bit of turn, on middle. Jos nudges it in front of square on the leg side for a run to open his account.

Full and pushed through, on middle. Gill brings his bat out in front to defend. Angkrish Raghuvanshi goes up in an appeal thinking it is pad first but there was no reaction from Narine.

Missed out! Short and wide on off, there to be put away. Gill frees his arms and spanks it hard but picks out Ajinkya Rahane at extra cover.

Rapped on the pads! That is going down leg. Off-break by Narine, on middle, on a length. Shubman is beaten on the block on the inside edge. The ball catches Gill on the front pad but that is turning down leg.

Spinning back in sharply, on a good length, on middle and leg. Shubman hops back to flick it away on the leg side. Gets beaten on the inside edge and the ball goes off the thigh pad to short third for a leg bye.

Wide! Sprayed well wide on off first up. Sindhu lets it pass.

A bit of tail back into the left-hander, full and straight, at the sticks. Sindhu watchfully blocks it off.

Beaten! Sliding across off, on the fuller side at 141.4 kph. Nishant goes half-forward on the drive but is beaten past the outside edge.

Good change-up from Pathirana. At 142.9 kph, a bumper, over middle. Nishant Sindhu is taken by surprise and he takes his eyes off while attempting the pull. It goes aerially off the upper half of the blade but drops safely behind square leg. They cross.

Takes pace off and this is full, on middle and leg. Shubman clips it to mid-wicket.

Wide! Drifting down leg, full and pace taken off. Gill misses out on the tickle.

Drags the length back and keeps it around the off stump. Shubman gets on top of the bounce and punches it straight to cover.

FOUR! 7 runs off the over, not a bad comeback over for Matheesha Pathirana. Slips in a full ball, outside off. Gill transfers the weight onto the front foot as he leans forward and drives it between mid off and cover for a boundary.

FOUR! Majestic! Tyagi dishes out a juicy half-volley, across off. Sudharsan hangs low and creams the drive with an angled bat face through covers for a boundary.

SIX! Just over! A heart-in-mouth moment for Sai. A well-directed short ball by Tyagi, right at the helmet of the batter. Sudharsan swivels and is rushed on the pull. The ball also catches him high on the bat. Matheesha Pathirana at deep backward square leg leaps and sticks out both hands over his head, but the ball sails over his head.

FOUR! Put away! Cross-seam ball, wide on off, on a back of a length. Sudharsan reaches out and cuts it past cover for a boundary.

Beaten! Tyagi switches to around the wicket and angles it in, on the off stump, on a back of a length. Sai looks to play the line of the ball but the ball nips away enough to go past the outside edge.

Missed out! Tyagi drifts down leg, fractionally short. Sai swivels to get it away but is late in doing so. Gets it more off the gloves and he can't beat Varun Chakaravarthy at short fine leg.

Ouch, Sai is in agonising pain. Too straight again by Tyagi, at the hips, on a back of a length. Sudharsan pivots on the back foot to swing it away with the angle. The ball pings Sai on the left elbow and the southpaw loses his balance. He loses his bat as it drops in front of the stumps. Sudharsan gets back up on his feet and manages to complete the leg bye as the ball rolls behind square leg.

FOUR LEG BYES! Green starts too straight, on a good length at 138.3 kph. Green fails to lay any bat on the tickle. The ball clips the thigh pad and bounces past the diving Angkrish Raghuvanshi before racing down to the fence.

Much better! Hits the top of off, does Green. Shubman rides the bounce and keeps it out watchfully.

A ripper from Green! Half a shout for caught behind from Angkrish Raghuvanshi before he bails out. Green hits the deck hard and gets the ball to jag back in off the deck. This is on a back of a length, on middle. Shubman hangs back to deal with it but is cut in half due to the seam movement and the ball bounces over the sticks. A good diving take to his left by the keeper.

SIX! Up and away! Green bashes the surface, over middle. Gill dances down the track and gives himself room to go through the off side. He slaps it over cover and clears the fence to get going.

Fuller and on the off stump. Gill brings his bat out in front and knocks it to the left of mid on for a quick single.

From around the wicket to the left-hander. Very full, outside off. Sudharsan looks to squeeze it away on the off side. Gets an inside edge as the ball rolls to short fine leg. Single taken.

Starts well, does Dubey. At 129.6 kph, bowled on a back of a length, on top of off. Sudharsan presses back and defends it right under his eyes.

Fuller in length and angles it into the off stump. Sai gets on the front foot and punches it to point.

Three dots to start with. Pushes the length up in search of swing and ends up offering width. Sudharsan extends his hands for the drive. The bat turns in his hand and he mistimes it to cover.

FOUR! Sudharsan and the Titans are on their way. Slanting in, on a good length, on middle. Sudharsan walks inside the line and brings his wrists into play. He clips it through square leg and the ball speeds away into the fence.

FIVE WIDES! Wayward from Dubey. The ball tails back into the left-hander but it starts too straight. Landing on middle and leg, on a back of a length. Sai misses out on the tickle. The ball keeps drifting down leg and beats the diving Angkrish Raghuvanshi to his right.

FOUR! Nicely done! In the channel, on a short of a length. Sudharsan lets the ball come to him and just uses the pace of the ball by steering it to deep third with an open bat face.

Wide! Fuller now but it swings beyond the tramline on off.

Wide! Dubey has lost his radar after starting well. Nice shape, though, for Saurabh, but it is too wide on off, on a length. Sai shoulders arms.

Beaten! Closer to the off stump, on a short of a length. A bit too close for the cut but Sudharsan still goes for it. The ball kicks up and goes over the blade. Three dots to start with, but the over ends up going for 15 runs.