KKR became the first side to qualify for the playoffs of the tournament, and they will aim to register yet another win to place themselves in the finals of this season.On the other hand, SRH became the third team to qualify for the playoffs. The Pat Cummins-led side registered a four-wicket victory in their final league match against Punjab Kings. This win propelled their position to second place in the standings, enabling them to compete in the Qualifiers against the table-toppers, KKR.
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KKR vs SRH MatchDetails
Match:KKR vs SRH, Qualifier 1, IPL 2024
Captains:
Pat Cumminsis going to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad
ShreyasIyer will lead Kolkata Knight Riders
When: May 21st 2024, Tuesday
Match is going to start at 07:30 p.m.
Venue: Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played26 matchesagainst each other. Out of which Kolkata Knight Riders has won 17matches and Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 9matches.
Likely playing XI
Kolkata Knight Riders
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, VenkateshIyer, ShreyasIyer (c), NitishRana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Player- Vaibhav Arora
Bench: KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Sakib Hussain, AngkrishRaghuvanshi, AS Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, C Sakariya, D Chameera, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Suyash Sharma, PD Salt, Allah Mohammad
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, JaydevUnadkat, MayankMarkande
Impact Player- T Natarajan
Bench: UD Yadav, Glenn Phillips, Anmolpreet Singh, RA Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal, AK Markram, M Jansen, Washington Sundar, JaydevUnadkat, JhatavedhSubramanyan, FazalhaqFarooqi, Akash Singh, W Hasaranga, Umran Malik, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Pitch report
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium provides a balanced challenge for both batters and fast bowlers. While the surface offers assistance to batters, allowing them to score freely, it also provides pace and bounce for the pacers. Interestingly, in the last five games played here, teams that have chosen to chase have emerged victorious on all occasions. The team winning the toss in the upcoming match is likely to opt to field first.
The best players from both of teams
Best Batsman: Travis Head
Best Bowler: Varun Chakravarthy
Weather forecast for today in Ahmedabad
Maximum temperature: 33°C
Minimum temperature: 25°C
Wind speed: 13km/h
Chances of rain: 15%
Capacity of stadium: 1,32, 000
Prediction to win: Kolkata Knight Riders is most likely to win the match
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