Kagiso Rabada (3-0-20-2) had a hand in all three wickets as the Gujarat Titans restricted the hapless Kolkata Knight Riders to just 37-3 in the powerplay during their Tata IPL match at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
KKR skipper Ajinkya Rahana skied his first ball from Mohammad Siraj (3-0-16-1) to Rabada at mid off before the South African paceman had Angkrish Raghuvanshi (8) caught by the keeper, while Kiwi opener Tim Seifert (19) slashed him straight to countryman Glenn Phillips at point.
Cameron Green (6*) and Rovman Powell (2*) were at the crease, desperate to post a competitive score with KKR marooned at the bottom of the log, the only team without a single win from five matches so far. KKR chose to bat first.
GUJARAT TITANS: Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wkt), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Ashok Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Impact subs: Jason Holder, Shahrukh Khan, Manav Suthar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Anuj Rawat
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS: Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wkt), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik Tyagi
Impact subs: Varun Chakaravarthy, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Manish Pandey