KKR vs SRH: Finishing as the runner ups, Sunrisers Hyderabad looks all balanced with the return of David Warner at the top. With plenty of big hitters including skipper Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Martin Guptill, Yusuf Pathan and Manish Pandey in the batting line up, SRH looks quite strong on papers.
Two times title winners, Kolkata Knight Riders are sweating over their pace attack after three key bowlers – Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Shivam Mavi have been ruled out due to injuries. They will mainly rely upon Prasidh Krishna and Lockie Ferguson for their pace attack.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad PLAYING 11
KKR Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – Dinesh Karthik
Batsmen – Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill
All-rounder – Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Bowlers – Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Piyush Chawla
SRH Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – W Saha
Batsmen – D Warner, J Bairstow, Manish Pandey, D Hooda
All-rounder –Sakib Al Hasan, V Shankar
Bowlers – Rashid Khan, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, S Kaul, S Sharma
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad SQUADS
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Shrikant Mundhe, Kuldeep Yadav, Carlos Brathwaite, Dinesh Karthik (c), Rinku Singh, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Joe Denly, Sunil Narine, Harry Gurney, Andre Russell, Chris Lynn, Sandeep Warrier, Nitish Rana, Nikhil Naik, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Shubman Gill, Yarra Prithviraj
Sunrisers Hyderabad –
Kane Williamson (c), Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Shreevats Goswami, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma