Kolkata Knight Riders are doing good in this season of IPL 2023 as they have won two out three matches till now. Although batters of the team are doing well but it’s their spin trio of Suyash, Varun and Sunil Narine that are doing exceptionally well. Whereas on the other side Sunrisers Hyderabad finally returned to their winning ways as they have beated Punjab Kings in their last match. They have a balanced team with Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram eager to continue their fine form. Both of the teams are looking forward to maintain their winning momentum.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
IPL Match 2023
Teams: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Captains:
Aiden Markram is going to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad
Nitin Rana will be leading Kolkata Knight Riders
When: April 14th, 2023
Match is going to start at 7:30 p.m. IST
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Head to head of these two teams from IPL: Both the teams have met each other on 23 occasions where Kolkata Knight Riders have won 15 matches whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 8 matches.
Likely playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Umran Malik.
On Bench: Abhishek Sharma, Glenn Phillips, AU Rashid, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, UD Yadav, Vivrant Sharma, MJ Dagar, K Nitish Kumar Reddy, SB Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Sanvir Singh, AJ Hosein, Kartik Tyagi
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), N Jagadeesan, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy.
On Bench: Mandeep Singh, Tim Southee, AS Roy, VR Iyer, D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, H Rana, K Khejroliya, JJ Roy
New rules
Impact player: Both captains of KKR and SRH will have a list of four substitute and one of them can be called in as the impact player to bat and bowl
Name playing XI after the toss: Both captains will be allowed to pick playing 11 they have pre decided depending upon the outcome of the toss.
Pitch report
The pitch of the Eden Gardens is good to bat on as in the previous match of Kolkata Knight Riders they had posted a total of 204 runs. Spinners are going to play a big role in the game as the pitch provides help to spinners. Fast bowlers also get some early help with the new ball, holding them in good stead. Both of the teams will be looking forward to win the toss as dew is going to play its part as the match progress.
Most probable best performers in KKR vs SRH
Probable best batsman: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Probable best bowler: Varun Chakaravarthy
Weather forecast for today in Kolkata
Maximum temperature: 42°C
Minimum temperature: 28°C
Wind speed: 10km/h
Chances of rain: 4%
Capacity of stadium: 68000
Prediction to win: Kolkata Knight Riders is most likely to win the match
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