The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be hosting the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Friday evening at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, for match number 19 of IPL 2023.
Heroics from Shardul Thakur vs RCB and then from Rinku Singh vs GT meant KKR have won their last two games after a loss in their first match. A victory today will take them to the top of the points table.
SRH won their first match of the season, in their last game, against PBKS, after defeats in their first two matches. They are currently 9th in the points table.
Player availability for KKS vs SRH:
KKR welcome their two overseas batters Jason Roy and Liton Das and Roy might replace Gurbaz at the top. SRH are unlikely to make any changes, maybe Adil Rashid could come in for Jansen.
KKR vs SRH Predicted XI:
KKR probable XI:
Jason Roy/Gurbaz, N Jagadeesan (w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
SRH probable XI:
Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
KKR vs SRH Match Prediction: who will win today’s match?
Given the depth of the SRH team in both batting and bowling departments, and that KKR haven’t put up a convincing batting performance yet, we are predicting SRH to win today’s match.
Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Glenn Phillips, Samarth Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Vivrant Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Litton Das, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana
