An explosive knock from Finn Allen has set a solid start for Kolkata Knight Riders against Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 game played at Eden Gardens.

His 35-ball 93, which included 4 fours and 10 sixes, put KKR on top in Saturday’s clash.

After being invited to bat first, Ajinkya Rahane and Finn Allen will open the innings while Mohammed Siraj opened the bowling attack. Mohammed Siraj bagged the wicket of Rahane for 14 runs.

He got bowled out on a inswinger as Siraj bagged his 200th T20 wicket. Angkrish Raghuvanshi who came to bat at No.3, joined Finn Allen as KKR scored 56 runs in the powerplay.

In the meantime, Finn Allen smashed his fifty off 21 deliveries as the duo stabilised the innings.

Allen went on to deal with maximums scoring 93 runs off 34 deliveries before being dismissed by Sai Kishore. He got dismissed on a catch at wide long-on where Rashid Khan picks the safe catch.

By his dismissal, Kolkata Knight Riders lost two wickets for 144 runs. Cameron Green who came to bat at No.4, joined Raghuvanshi to trouble Titans’ bowlers.

Angkrish Raghuvanshi went on to score 77 runs as Kolkata Knight Riders crossed 200 run mark in the game.

Meanwhile, Cameron Green smashed 26-ball fifty and remained unbeaten with 52* runs. Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 82* runs off 44 deliveries as Kolkata Knight Riders scored 247 runs in their 20 over innings.

Kolkata Knight Riders Playing 11: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Finn Allen, Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Saurabh Dubey, Kartik Tyagi.

Gujarat Titans Playing 11: Shubman Gill (c), B Sai Sudharsan, Jos Buttler (wk), Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Nishant Sindhu, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore