Pre-match COW
Team Strengths Comparison :
*All the numbers are on a scale of 10, 0 being the weakest and 10 being the strongest.
Key Players :
Kolkata Knight Riders : Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Andre Russell
Gujarat Lions : Dwayne Smith, Brendon McCullum, Aaron Finch
Head to Head :
This is their first match against each other.
On this Ground: Out of the three IPL 2016 matches played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, two are won by the team batting second.