Sandeep Sarkar, Kolkata: Eden Gardens was once his home ground. He was the gem of Kolkata Knight Riders. Later, of course, the relationship ended. Shubman Gill, who was considered the most promising face of KKR, was dropped by Shah Rukh Khan’s team.

After leaving KKR, the luck in Eden is also moving away from Shubman Gill!

Gill had a terrible experience as a Test captain on this ground last November. He had to leave the field on a stretcher with a neck injury. Had to be admitted to hospital. India also lost badly in that Test against South Africa.

Bad luck followed Shubman in Eden in IPL as well. Mountain challenge of 248 runs ahead. Shubaman played a devastating innings of 85 runs off 49 balls. He injured his neck again. He was batting at a personal score of 49 runs. Varun Chakraborty went to take the run. Dives to save the wicket while coming back aware of the danger. He injured his neck again. Nursing was also done on his neck.

In the end, Shubman’s fight failed. Kolkata Knight RidersChasing 247/2, Gujarat Titans got stuck at the score of 218/4.

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If Finn Allen-Angakrish Raghuvanshi-Cameron Green trio were the heroes with the bat, Velky showed with the ball. Sunil Narain. On the pitch where 465 runs were scored in two innings, the Caribbean star took a pair of wickets by spending only 29 runs in 4 overs. And Gujarat’s best batsman Shubman Gill on the hunting list!

Winning the match by 29 runs IPLsurvived the run to the playoffs KKRdream of The Knights are number seven in the points table. Knights have 11 points in 12 matches. They are close to reaching the maximum 15 points by winning the last two matches. And if that happens, who can say that the door to the playoffs won’t open miraculously!

Saturday’s clash against Gujarat Titans at the Eden was KKR’s 100th match at this ground. And the knights made the century match memorable. After losing the toss, the trio of KKR stormed into the bat. Finn Allen’s innings of 93 runs off 45 balls. Angkrish Raghuvanshi played an aggressive innings of 82 runs off 44 balls. Cameron Green, the most expensive foreigner in the history of IPL, scored 52 runs off 28 balls. This is the highest IPL score by any team against Gujarat.

Josh Buttler fought without Shubman to chase the record run. He made 57 off 35 balls. However, Mathisha Pathirana kept KKR worried. After only 8 balls, he got injured and left the field again. Anxiety in KKR’s debut match in jersey. Pathirana will play in the next match.