Having recorded two back-to-back wins, a spirited Kolkata Knight Riders will sit up for securing its third successive win when it meets Sunrisers Hyderabad in a house Indian Premier League match on the Eden Gardens on Friday.
After scoring 200-plus twice on combination, KKR has gathered some momentum. It will count on Rinku Singh, who extremely hit 5 consecutive sixes within the final over to deflate defending champion Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, to showcase his fireworks in one other memorable win and entertain an exuberant Eden Gardens, which has already seen a run feast within the first match.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer and captain Nitish Rana would be the different key batters for KKR. The availability of Bangladeshi wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das widens KKR’s choices.
The host will need its tempo battery, together with Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee and all-rounder Shardul Thakur, to reside as much as its billing and its spinners, together with Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy and classy rookie Suyash Sharma, to show their magic once more.
Despite its not-so-impressive head-to-head report in opposition to the host (KKR 6 wins, SRH 2) on the Eden, SRH will probably be assured after securing its first victory in opposition to Punjab Kings.
Its high run-getter Rahul Tripathi will want extra assist from fellow batters reminiscent of Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Harry Brook and Heinrich Klaasen.
SRH’s identified all-rounders, together with Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen and Washington Sundar, and succesful bowlers, together with Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and Adil Rashid, will probably be eager to boost their sport and examine KKR’s progress.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com