Kolkata Knight Riders vs Gujarat Lions Live Cricket Score, 38th T20, Indian Premier League 2016, May 8, 2016

Match:KKR vs GL, 38th Match, Indian Premier League, 2016

Date:Sunday, May 08, 2016

Time:02:30 PM GMT

Venue:Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Stadium:Eden Gardens

City:Kolkata

Capacity:90,000

Ends:High Court End, Pavilion End

Hosts to:Bengal, Kolkata Knight Riders

Thrown off the top spot after three successive losses, Gujarat Lions face the challenging task of gathering themselves and bounce back when they square off against the consistent Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL match in Kolkata on Sunday.

For the IPL debutants, who showed a lot of promise leading the table miles ahead of others, the Gujarat Lions have started wilting at the business end of the tournament and stand the risk of falling by the wayside after suffering a hat-trick of defeats with their five-wicket loss in Hyderabad last night.

Eyeing a record third title, the KKR have been in good form and with four more home matches in the offing, there's no stopping Gautam Gambhir and Co. Gambhir has led by example and his successful opening combination with Robin Uthappa has been crucial for the team. The duo put on 101 -- their third century-plus stand -- in their seven-run win against Kings XI Punjab in the previous match.

While other teams have relied on overseas stars, KKR have four Indians in top five and the likes of Manish Pandey and Suryakumar Yadav too have impressed making it a winning combination to go with the fury of Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan.

The other four Indians in the top five teams, KKR have relied on foreign stars and Suryakumar Yadav and Manish Pandey likes of Andre Russell, while Yusuf Pathan hit a winning combination to go with fury.

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:

Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, John Hastings, Brad Hogg, Jason Holder, Sheldon Jackson, Kuldeep Yadav, Chris Lynn, Manan Sharma, Morne Morkel, Colin Munro, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Ankit Rajpoot, Andre Russell, Rajagopal Sathish, Shakib Al Hasan, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa, Suryakumar Yadav, Umesh Yadav

Gujarat Lions Squad:

Dwayne Bravo, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Shadab Jakati, Dinesh Karthik, Shival Kaushik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Sarabjit Ladda, Brendon McCullum, Amit Mishra, Akshdeep Nath, Suresh Raina, Pradeep Sangwan, Jaydev Shah, Umang Sharma, Dwayne Smith, Dale Steyn, Pravin Tambe, Andrew Tye.

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