Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will welcome Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
KKR is standing at 4th in the points table while SRH is standing at 9th in the points table.
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS (KKR) Analysis:
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Rinku Singh, the star performer of their last match, still remains refresh in every cricket fan’s mind. Nitish Rana, KKR captain who won two matches back to back now has a strong belief in his team that the team do have the potential to bring the match into their hands. Liton Das who joined the squad a few days back gives the team more strength to their batting lineup along with Jason Roy.
KKR having less star players to their squad proves through their performance that they do not need also. They have a hard hitting team who can start blasting at any moment. Rahmanullah Gurbaz already gives KKR a strong opening. Venkatesh Iyer provides crucial knocks to his teams, always adding valuable runs to the runs. Andre Russell muscle innings is still waiting but if his bat starts talking then only the crowd can get the ball.
Rinku Singh through his powerful hitting in the last match takes one step forward towards the Indian selectors mind. His last 5 ball sixes will remain in mind in the history of t20 cricket. Shardul Thakur who also shows his batting skills against RCB provides KKR a huge batting lineup.
Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine spin duo traps the team in their spin bowling. Suyash Sharma also joins this same department. KKR now had a strong spin department. And with the speed of Lockie Ferguson and Umesh Yadav makes it difficult for the team to get par through it.
In their last match against GT, GT posted a strong total of 204/4 with the help of Vijay Shankar (63 runs) and Sai Sudharsan (53 runs). Sunil Narine was able to clinch 3 wickets. But during chasing KKR was at one time 28/2 but then Venkatesh Iyer (83 runs) and Nitish Rana (45 runs) made a strong comeback. But the finishing touch was given by Rinku Singh (48 runs) who smashed the last 5 balls out of the park and made KKR win the match by 3 wickets. Rashid Khan picks up a hattrick but it goes in vain.
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (SRH) Analysis:
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Finally SRH broke the losing streak and their domination against PBKS was just one sided. Aiden Markram 1st win as a captain was a highly dominating one.
They have a huge batting lineup but their show is still waiting. Rahul Tripathi takes the charge and provides a crucial knock against PBKS. he was in great touch on that day getting the help of his captain who has the capability to change the gears after spending little time on the pitch. Harry Brook was testy as an opener but it failed but nevertheless this batsman has a great capacity to make the sound of sixes and boundaries high. Also waiting for the great innings of Mayank Agarwal. But still through their last performance it already shows how brutal they can be.
Their bowling lineup had an experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar who will play his 150th match. Umran Malik the rocket launcher already makes the stumps fly with the very first game. T Natarajan and Marco Jansen provide a huge lineup of fast bowlers. Mayank Markande and Wahington Sundar take the charge of spin category.
Against PBKS, Markande’s 4 wickets haul restricted Punjab to a total of 143/9 despite the heroic innings of Dhawan (99 runs). In response to this SRH easily won the match by 8 wickets with the help of Rahul Tripathi (74 runs) and Aiden Markram (37 runs).
Maiden captaincy win for Markram.
HEAD TO HEAD (KKR vs SRH):
They played 23 matches against each other.
| KKR | SRH | |
| WON | 15 | 8 |
| HIGHEST SCORE | 187 | 209 |
| LOWEST SCORE | 101 | 115 |
Pitch Report:
This match will be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The pitch is basically for batsmen but spinners might get some turn on this surface. High scoring runs in each innings is expected.
Probable 11 for KKR:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagdeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana ©, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy.
Probable 11 for SRH:
Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram ©, Heinrich Klassen (wk), Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik.