KKR vs SRH: Kolkata Knight Riders are hosting SunRisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens in the ongoing IPL 2023 game in Kolkata. Kolkata Knight Riders have won two of their three matches so far in the ongoing tournament, on the other hand, SunRisers Hyderabad has lost two games and won only one against Punjab Kings. KKR is currently placed fourth in the ongoing IPL 2023 points-table, while SRH is at the ninth spot.
KKR won the toss and opted to bowl first
At the toss, KKR captain Nitish Rana won the toss and opted to bowl first as he believes dew to play a role at Eden Gardens. He said: “We’ll bowl first. We’ve been practicing here and there has been dew. Keeping in mind, we want to chase,”
SRH skipper Aiden Markram noted that he would have also preferred to chase. He said: “Happy either way. Would have looked to bowl, that is the trend. This is a high scoring wicket, so happy to get runs on the board. Nice to get a win, and today is a fresh start. Hopefully we can do well. One change, Abhishek Sharma comes in for Washi Sundar. I don’t think we’ll set a target, you need to look at the pitch and then reassess. Whatever we get we’ll try our best to defend,”
List of playing XI and impact players for KKR vs SRH:
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad subs: Abdul Samad, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, and Washington Sundar.
Kolkata Knight Riders XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders subs: Mandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, David Wiese, and Kulwant Khejroliya.
