Just another batting wreckage from Kolkata Knight Riders at their own home ground, Eden Gardens, as Gujarat Titans locked an easy win by 39 runs. When there were mild hopes to become a phoenix from the last shambles against Punjab Kings, the Knights just added another one to the list! The final overs were just a fight to reach as close to the target as possible. It was all Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan today. Both had sealed half centuries, while Gill raced to 90 runs, as a brilliant diving catch from Rinku Singh put curtains on the Gill Show. Meanwhile, Sai Sudarshan, the consistent boy from GT, has earned his orange cap, overpowering Nicholas Pooran. Shubman Gill played a captain’s knock, anchoring Gujarat Titans’ innings with a brilliant 90 off 55 balls. Displaying flair and control, he smashed 10 fours and 3 sixes, dominating the bowlers with elegance. Gill timed the ball sweetly throughout and accelerated beautifully after settling in. However, just when a century looked inevitable, he fell to Vaibhav Arora in the 18th over. Arora delivered a dipping full toss around knee height, and Gill attempted to swat it to the leg side. Positioned at cow corner, Rinku Singh dived forward and took a clean catch well inside the boundary. Sai Sudharsan scored a fluent 52 off 36 balls. He looked comfortable playing square of the wicket but fell to Andre Russell’s clever short delivery outside off. Sudharsan edged it while cutting, and keeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz took a sharp catch behind the stumps. 114/1. Despite Rahul Tewatia falling for a duck, Jos Buttler carried the rest on his arms, scoring 41 runs off 23 balls, hitting 8 boundaries, and a competitive 198/3 in their 20 overs. Read also: 'Nothing like that,' Shubman Gill doges off Danny Morrison's awkward wedding question QdK replaced by Gurbaz but fails! With half the tournament gone, Kolkata Knight Riders finally decided to bench Quinton de Kock with Rahmanullah Gurbaz, but Mohammad Siraj was too sharp for him to score. KKR was chasing 199 runs. During the toss, Captain Rahane decided to bow first, being confident that Eden favours chasers! Sunil Rahane was the only man with a decent score; the man scored 50 runs, hitting 5 boundaries and a six, but got stumped out by Jos Buttler while trying to step out against Washington Sundar. The batting horror started with Gurbaz (1), and continued till the end, till Angkrish Raghuvanshi (27) came, who tried to breach the difference. For the GT bowlers, Prasidh Krishna and Rashid Khan shone with identical 4-0-25-2 spells, while Siraj’s 13 dot balls stood out. Sai Kishore impressed with a 6.33 economy, conceding no boundaries.