KKR vs SRH: The 19th match of IPL 2023 will be between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The match will be hosted at Kolkata’s own home stadium Eden Gardens. Kolkata Knight Riders are dominant in terms of the number of winnings, they won in two of the matches played. Both teams are here after a stunning victory, KKR won against GT by 3 wickets and SRH beat PBKS by 8 wickets.
Looking at the stats of previous matches we can clearly say that both teams are highly competent. Both teams played against each other two times last season and both teams won once. Looking at the head-to-head stats between the teams, KKR has won 15 times and SRH won 8 times. In Kolkata Knight Rider’s home stadium, they have 6 wins and Sunrisers’ Hyderabad won 2 times.
Pitch Condition: Eden Gardens is the home stadium of Kolkata Knight Riders. The pitch is heaven for spinners and fast bowlers. We cannot absolutely say that this pitch is completely bowling-friendly. The pitch is also supportive for batters. Out of 79 matches played in this venue, the chasing team won 47 times. The venue has a higher chance of success in the chase so the team who wins the toss is most likely to choose bowling first.
KKR vs SRH: Kolkata Knight Riders Squad
Nitish Rana(c), Jason Roy, Mandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Litton Das(wk), Narayan Jagadeesan(wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Harshit Rana, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Suyush Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR vs SRH: Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad
Aiden Markram(c), Abdul Samad, Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Samarth Vyas, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Vivrant Sharma, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips(wk), Heinrich Klaasen(wk), Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.
Past Performance: Kolkata Knight Riders lost the first match they played against Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings won that match by 7 runs but they had a comeback in the next match. Kolkata Knight Riders won against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 81 runs. After their loss in the first match, they had two consecutive victories. They won against two established teams, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans.
Sunrisers Hyderabad could only win one out of three matches played. Sunrisers Hyderabad has not been playing well in the beginning but they had a stellar performance in the previous match.
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