Kolkata Knight Riders will take a tough test of Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground today. The 19th match of IPL 2023 between the two teams will be played at Eden Gardens.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who started the IPL 2023 tournament with a defeat, are registering consecutive wins. The runs are coming off the bat of Venkatesh Iyer. In the last match, Iyer scored an unbeaten 83 off 40 balls, while Rinku Singh ended the match by hitting five consecutive sixes in the last over.
At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first win by defeating Punjab Kings at home after losing the first two matches. Rahul Tripathi scored an unbeaten 74 off 48 balls, while Aiden Markram scored an unbeaten 37.
Hyderabad will have to be careful
Talking about the bowling of Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunil Narine is in form. He was the highest wicket-taker in the last match. Narayan took 3 wickets for just 33 runs in 4 overs. Apart from him, Suyash Sharma also took wickets.
Hyderabad included Mayank Markandey in the team against Punjab. In the very first match, he took 4 wickets for just 15 runs in his 2 overs. Apart from them, Umran Malik and Marco Johnson took 2-2 wickets.
Possible playing XI of KKR vs SRH
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 Chakraborty
Sunrisers Hyderabad - Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markandey, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
