Match No 61 of Tata IPL 2022 will be played on Saturday at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad(KKR vs SRH). Only one game will be played on this saturday and game will start at 07:30PM IST.
Head-to-Head
Kolkata and Hyderabad has faced 22 times against each other. Kolkata has an upper edge against Hyderabad as KKR got victorious 14 times and Hyderabad has won just 8 times. In first match of IPL between these two sides, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets.
Teams
Both teams played some good Cricket in starting and mid-matches, but at the moment both teams are looking out of form and struggling for wins. Captains are also not able to lead their sides by front.
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Kolkata Knight Riders are at No 7 in points table, with 5 wins in 12 matches and it is looking they are going away from playoffs race. In last match against Mumbai Indians, finally KKR openers made a 50 run-partnership for 1st wicket. Venkatesh Iyer was on charge in previous match with the bat. Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh are among runs. Andre Russell has did some brilliant finishing in few matches.
Although, KKR batting has been “average” this season as opener batsmans hasn’t fired at all and with the bat they haven’t scored big total.
Bowlers have shown some good form in last few games specially in last match against Mumbai Indians where they bundled out them for just 113 runs while defending 166. Tim Southee and Umesh Yadav are looking in fine form. Sunil Narine is economical. Russell is looking wicket-taker.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad has lost 3 back-to-back games. Both batting and bowling units are looking inconsistent except 1-2 players. With the bat, Rahul Tripathi is showing consistency. Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran are also in fine form. Kane Williamson has a very poor run this season and his form has hurt SRH being a senior and most experienced player.
Bowling of SRH this year is not looking extraordinary as compared to other seasons. T Natarajan is best bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season, but after his injury bowling has looked below average, although SRH has tried likes of Sean Abbott, Karthik Tyagi etc. Umran Malik has leaked many runs in last 3 matches and his economy in last 3 matches is above 12.
Match is going to be very interesting for fans and very important for both the teams. Problems are going to be arise more for team which will loose.
Possible Playing XI for Kolkata Knight Riders:-
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson(wk), Chamkila Karunaratne, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy
Possible Playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad:-
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik
Dream11 Prediction Team for KKR vs SRH Match:-
Wicket Keepers – Nicholas Pooran
Batsmans – Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma
All Rounders – Andre Russell(c), Aiden Markram(vc), Chamkila Karunaratne
Bowlers – Umran Malik, Tim Southee, Bhuvneshwar Kumar