Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders: Prediction & Preview. Who’s Stronger to Win the Game?

Sunrisers Hyderabad has always been recognized for their lethal bowling unit. The presence of Rashid Khan, Bhubaneswar Kumar, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman made the team look fulfilled in all departments. They will be starting their campaign with the match against King Khan’s Knight Riders team. KKR did not perform as they were known for in the last season but, in the 14th edition of IPL their team is looking well-balanced. So, the game between Warner’s Hyderabad and Morgan’s Knight Riders will be a treat to spectators as they will leave no stone unturned to get those 2 crucial points. Who’s gonna win this epic clash? Check out our well-analyzed prediction to find out the winner.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders prediction

If we analyze the game result from the perspective of how the pitch is going to play, then Sunrisers Hyderabad is well-ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders. Unlike Wankhede and Eden Gardens, Chepauk stadium always suits the spinners. And having quality spinners like Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, SRH will ask difficult questions from the KKR batters. It will be interesting to watch how they respond to them. All in all, Sunrisers is going to beat Kolkata in their first game of this season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Review

The team has one of the destructive opening pairs in the IPL, in the form of skipper Warner and Bairstow. However, their middle-order is a little weaker than other opponents. Manish Pandey and Kane Williamson provided their experience to overcome the team from any critical phase. When it comes to bowling, the team has specialist T20 bowlers like Rashid, Mujeeb, and Bhuvi. Sandeep Sharma and Bhuvi can trouble the batsman with their swinging deliveries. Altogether, SRH is looking quite stronger and balanced to decimate the hope of any opponents.

Kolkata Knight Riders Review

The two time IPL champions will look forward to starting their campaign with a thumping win over the Sunrisers. They were pretty smart in the auction as they have managed to purchase some experienced bowlers like Harbhajan Singh and Shakib Al Hasan. In the previous season KKR equalled the points tally with RCB, but their net run rate didn’t allow the team to enter into the playoffs. However, this year they have made all the boxes tick, and they will make every possible thing to make the team win the tournament.

Head to Head Record

These two teams have played 19 matches against each other in the IPL, and the team of King Khan is the ‘Baazigar’ here. They have outplayed the SRH team in 12 of 19 occasions.

• Total Matches: 19
• Hyderabad Wins: 7
• Kolkata Wins: 12

Recent Performance of KKR

Kolkata Knight Riders last year performance was not so consistent, and as a result they failed to outran RCB in terms of net run rate. Here’s the last five matches results of KKR.

L-W-L-L-W

Recent Performance of SRH

SRH was performing quite well in the last season, but unfortunately they lost to DC in the Qualifier 2. Their performance in the last five games is mentioned below.

W-W-W-W-L

Probable XI of Kolkata Knight Riders

Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan ©, Andre Russel, Shakib Al Hasan, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pat Cummins, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, and Prasidh Krishna.

Probable XI of Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner ©, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandip Sharma, and T Natrajan

Venue Details, Records, Historical Facts

The first game of their campaigns will begin from M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. The team winning the toss won’t mind batting first, as they pitch will become slower as the game progresses.

• Stadium: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
• Location: Chennai, India
• Opened: 1916
• Capacity: 50,000
• Known as: Chepauk
• Ends: Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabiraman Gate End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Chennai Super Kings, Tamilnadu
• Floodlights: Yes