IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrises Hyderabad Preview & Expected Playing XI

KKR vs SRH (Image Source: Google)

Kolkata Knight Riders will face off against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 19th match of Indian Premier League 2023 at Eden gardens in Kolkata on Friday (April 14). Both the teams have won their previous games in this season.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata - Pitch Report

The pitch will provide a lot of support to the batters in this game. A high scoring The team winning the toss will prefer to bowl. expect a high scoring encounter.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata - IPL Records

Matches - 78

Team Batting First Won - 32

Team Batting second Won - 45

Average First Innings Score - 161

Aveage Second Innings Score - 147

KKR vs SRH: Where to Watch?

The Indian Premier League will be broadcasted on the Star Sports network on TV while viewers can watch it digitally on the OTT platform Jio Cinema. 

KKR & SRH In IPL 2023 Points Table

The Knight Riders have won two out of three games so far and are placed in the fourth position in the points table.

Sunisers Hyderabad lost their opening two games but achieved their first victory of the season in their previous outing against the Punjab Kings. They are currently placed at No. 9 in the table.

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KKR vs SRH: Head-to-Head In IPL:

Total – 23, Kolkata Knight Riders – 15, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 08

At Eden Gardens, the record for KKR against SRH is even better. They have six wins from eight games at home.

KKR vs SRH Probable Playing 11

Kolkata Knight Riders – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan

KKR vs SRH Fantasy XI

Wicketkeeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz

Batters: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (VC)

All-rounders: Shardul Thakur, Marco Jansen, Venkatesh Iyer (Captain)

Bowlers: Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Umesh Yadav