After the extraordinary scenes in the previous contest, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are set to host Aiden Markram’s Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Nitish Rana-led KKR started off their campaign with a loss, however, the side swiftly got two consecutive victories and have a healthy Net Run Rate (NRR) of 1.375.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, SRH started off their campaign with two back-to-back losses and followed it with a win in their most recent outing against Punjab Kings. Speaking about their head-to-head records in the last five matches, KKR has an upper hand with wins on four occasions whereas, SRH has only prevailed once.
The orange outfit will look to maintain its momentum; however, a tough outing is expected when they face a high-flying KKR team, in an away game. It remains to be seen what transpires as the two sides will lock horns on Friday, April 14 in Kolkata.
KKR vs SRH Pitch Report 👉
The surface at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata offers assistance for the batters. A high-scoring contest is likely to be on the cards as witnessed in the previous match between KKR and RCB. Spinners could play a major role towards the latter stages of the contest. Either skipper winning the toss is likely to bowl first.
KKR vs SRH Probable Playing XIs
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Narayan Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
