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GT vs KKR Gujarat Titans Lavender Kit: Gujarat Titans will compete against KKR today in IPL 2024. This will be the last home match of Gujarat Titans. Gujarat Titans will wear a special jersey during the match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. This will be the second consecutive time that the Gujarat team will field in this jersey. The motive behind this is also very special. The Gujarat team usually wears the traditional dark blue colored jersey. But in the match against KKR, Gujarat team will field in lavender colored jersey. This initiative has been taken to make people aware of cancer, its early detection and treatment.
That's why this jersey is important
Lavender color is very important. It represents all types of cancer. It also reminds us about the impact this disease has on people's lives. Through this initiative, the team of Gujarat gives the message to the people to fight this deadly disease. At present this disease is the second largest cause of death in the world. In 2020, 9.9 people lost their lives due to cancer. Cancer cases in India have increased by more than 26 percent in the last decade. It is expected to increase by 12.8 percent by 2025 compared to 2020. By wearing lavender jerseys, the Titans are working to spread awareness about cancer.
Will there be a place in the playoffs?
Shubman Gill-led Gujarat Titans are at the bottom of the table with 10 points from 12 matches. To maintain hopes of making the playoffs, it will have to win its remaining two matches of the league stage and hope for other results to go in the team's favor. Team's fast bowler Umesh Yadav said that the plan is to play our game and try to win both the remaining matches. If we try to win by a good margin. He said that even Gill says that he has seen miracles happening with this team. We are trying our best. If there are any upsets among the top teams and we end up with 14 points. Anyway everyone wants to reach the playoffs. In the last two years, we won one final and were runners-up in the other, so we will try to get our chance.