After the stunning show in the previous contest, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to host Aiden Markram-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the famous Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
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After the stunning show in the previous contest, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to host Aiden Markram-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the famous Eden Gardens in Kolkata. However, Nitish Rana-led KKR started off their campaign with a defeat, however, they returned to the winning zone with two consecutive victories and have a healthy Net Run Rate (NRR) of 1.375 as well.
Meanwhile, SRH started off their campaign with two back-to-back losses and followed it with a win in their last outing against Punjab Kings in the IPL 2023. As far as their head-to-head records in the last five matches, KKR have an upper hand with wins on four games whereas, SRH have only won once as well. However, the orange army will look to maintain their winning momentum but a tough match is expected when they take on a strong and confident KKR team, in an away game as well. It will be interesting to see what will happen when the two sides will play against each other on Friday, April 14 in Kolkata.
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Both teams have met 23 times so far where Kolkata won 15 times whereas Hyderabad won 8 times as well.
KKR: W, W, L, L, W
SRH: W, L, L, L, W
Seeing the previous performances, Kolkata Knight Riders have the possibility to win the game.
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Litton Das, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana
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Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Glenn Phillips, Samarth Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Vivrant Sharma
Wicketkeeper: Heinrich Klaasen
Batters: Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi (vc), Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell (c), Aiden Markram
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
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