Gujarat Titans defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 39 runs, strengthening their position at the top of the IPL points table. Shubman Gill's impressive 90 and B Sai Sudharsan's 52 powered GT to 198/3. KKR's Ajinkya Rahane scored a half-century, but a middle-order collapse and Prasidh Krishna's late strikes sealed GT's victory.
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