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IPL Playoff Scenarios: KKR's Big Win Keeps Them Alive, GT's Quest for Top Two Becomes Complicated

Raghuvanshi and Green powered KKR with a 108-run stand, while Shubman Gill’s 85 was not enough for GT.

  • On Saturday, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Gujarat Titans by 29 runs at Eden Gardens, staying alive in a season that had threatened to end weeks ago.
  • KKR posted its highest total of the season, scoring 247 runs, fueled by half-centuries from Finn Allen, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, and Cameron Green.
  • Allen scored 93, while Raghuvanshi finished unbeaten on 82 and Green on 52; Raghuvanshi displayed awareness to secure his fifth half-century of the season.
  • Despite Shubman Gill's 85, Gujarat Titans reached only 218 for four, falling short as Sunil Narine, playing his 200th IPL game, dismissed Gill in the 17th over.
  • Following the match, Sai Sudharsan moved to the top of the Orange Cap list with 554 runs, while Gill climbed to second with 552 as GT missed playoff qualification.
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The Hindu broke the news in India on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
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