Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL Match Today: In a top-of-the-table clash between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) Qualifier 1 a lot will be at stake. The winner of this match played at the Narendra Modi Stadium will qualify directly for the final, which will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, on May 26.
KKR vs SRH Live Score Updates, Qualifier 1
KKR predicted XI: Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana
Impact player: Varun Chakravarthy
Player to watch out for KKR: The washed-out contest against RR in particular robbed KKR of an opportunity to give expected replacement Rahmanullah Gurbaz a go at the top with Narine, something that would have settled a few concerns certainly.
SRH predicted XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth,
Impact player: T Natarajan
Player to watch out for SRH: Australian southpaw Head has in many ways redefined aggressiveness with the bat while also remaining successful (533 runs with one century and four fifties). His fearlessness has also brought the best out of the young Indian batter Abhishek (467), who has clobbered an overall 41 sixes this IPL — 10 more than his overall tally of 31 in the previous six seasons.
KKR vs SRH head-to-head record in IPL
Played: 26, Kolkata Knight Riders won: 16, Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 9, Tied: 1
KKR vs SRH head-to-head record in IPL Playoffs
Played: 3, Kolkata Knight Riders: 1, Sunrisers Hyderabad: 2
KKR win/loss record in IPL playoffs
Played: 13, Won: 8, Lost: 5
SRH win/loss record in IPL Playoff
Played: 11, Won: 5, Lost: 6
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), KS Bharat (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Allah Ghazanfar.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav (wk), Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Akash Maharaj Singh, Mayank Agarwal.
The wicket at Narendra Modi Stadium is expected to be dual in the nature. However, batters can hit the ball on the up once the game progresses.
The previous game in Ahmedabad was a washout. However, according to the weather forecast, there is no chance of rainfall in Ahmedabad on May 21.
The KKR vs SRH Qualifier 1 IPL match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 21, Monday from 7:30 PM IST.
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