🏏IPL 2022 Match61: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 🏏

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🏏IPL 2022 Match61: Kolkata Knight Riders  vs Sunrisers Hyderabad 🏏

Kolkata Knight Riders will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next encounter at the MCA Stadium in Pune. 

After a good start to the season, KKR faded off in the middle of the tournament and their campaign looked in all sorts of trouble. 

However, they managed to get their combination right in the last game finally, and are likely to stick with this playing XI for the last two games unless Umesh Yadav returns. 

However, their pace bowler Pat Cummins has been ruled out and returned home as well. 

On the other hand, the Sunrisers Hyderabad have lost all their last four games and are desperate for a win in the upcoming fixture. 

The injuries to T Natarajan and Washington Sundar haven’t helped their cause and they will be looking to get back to winning ways soon with the playoff stages approaching. 

With five wins in 11 games, SRH are at the seventh position in the points table and they will need to improve their net run rate as well.

Both teams seem to have a very slim chance of qualifying for the Playoffs, given their low tally of 10 points and their negative Net Run Rates. 

Pitch Report

The last game at the MCA Stadium in Pune was a low-scoring encounter between Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants and the bowlers have had a lot of assistance from the wicket as well. Any score above 150 is going to be difficult to chase down, however, the skipper that wins the toss is likely to stick with chasing.

Probable Playing XIs for KKR vs SRH

Kolkata Knight Riders

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi/Marco Jansen, Umran Malik

Why do you have DK as the face of KKR? 🤣

Probable best batter of the Match

Venkatesh Iyer:

Venkatesh finally, was back in form for the Kolkata Knight Riders at the top of the order and set the tone for a good score to be posted on the board. The left-hander, who had been out of the side in the last few games due to poor form, was given another go and was immediately impressive with a 24-ball 43. He certainly made a statement with the range of shots he played and looked in really good touch as well.

Probable best bowler of the Match

Sunil Narine:

Sunil Narine wasn’t among the wickets column for the KKR in the previous game, but he certainly bowled an amazing spell to keep the runs tight and finished with 0 for 21 in his four overs. The mystery spinner has got the ability to run through sides on his day and the return of Varun Chakaravarthy has added to his liking as well.

Originally posted by: bahi.

Why do you have DK as the face of KKR? 🤣

Match prediction --- 

supporting SRH

hope today atleast gets 2 points🤪

When Kolkata Knight Riders met SunRisers Hyderabad about a month ago, it was in the middle of a chastening spell of five successive defeats. 

Shreyas Iyer felt "drained" after the game and put the loss down to a "bad day with the ball".

 Little did he know that many bad days were still to come, the likes of which unraveled his team's strong start to the season

But for both KKR and SRH, a victory isn't going to hurt whatever's left of their campaign. 

KKR, especially, would see it as a good opportunity to build on their big win over Mumbai Indians in the last match, although they will have their work cut out without Pat Cummins who's flown back home with a minor hip issue. 

There's also the case of Brendon McCullum taking up the England coaching offer in the middle of KKR's campaign, meaning there's already a sense of flux in the camp and how the team responds to the news will be fascinating to watch. 

As will be to witness if SRH are able to turn their season around.

Thanks for the tag Madhu!

Cheers..