Match Preview
It will be Sunrisers Hyderabad up against the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 47th game of the IPL at Hyderabad.
Looking at their previous games, then the Sunrisers beat Delhi Capitals by 9 runs at Delhi.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders faced defeat at the hands of Gujarat Titans by 7 wickets.
Furthermore, talking about the points table, then the Sunrisers are in 9th place with 6 points and an NRR of -0.577.
Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders are in 8th place with 6 points and an NRR of -0.147 and will be eager to get out of the rut as soon as possible.
Thus, we will get an exciting game between these two sides tomorrow and can expect some fireworks as well.
Match Details
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 47
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Date: 4th May 2023
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
While the pitch at Hyderabad is a good wicket for batters to bat on, the bowlers will also get some bounce on offer here. Therefore, pacers will get some early swing, the spinners will also be in action. Thus, the team winning the toss will look to field first at this venue.
Full Squads for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 47
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (c), Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Samarth Vyas, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Upendra Yadav (wk), Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Markande, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik
Kolkata Knight Riders
Aarya Desai, Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Probable Playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Match 47
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Akeal Hosein, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
Kolkata Knight Riders
Narayan Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Probable Winner
From the team combinations, we can say that this will be a good game between these two sides.
However, the chances of KKR winning this contest seems more than the hosts as they have the better batting lineup.
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