Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 19th game of the IPL 2023 on Thursday (April 13) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The Knight Riders are coming into this game after giving a shocker of defeat to the defending champions, Gujarat Titans, in their previous game. Rinku Singh hit five consecutive sixes to guide the team to a target of 205 runs and won the Player of the Match award. The Knight Riders have won two out of three games so far and are placed in the third position in the points table.
Sunisers lost their opening two games and achieved their first victory of the season in their previous outing against the Punjab Kings. The Kings posted a total of 143 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs while batting first. Sunrisers chased this target in 17.1 overs with eight wickets in hand. Rahul Tripathi starred with the bat as he scored 74 runs off 48 deliveries, while Mayank Markande played a key role with the ball.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Kolkata Knight Riders
RK Singh, N Rana(C), AD Russell, SP Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Narayan Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, UT Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, LH Ferguson
BENCH : Mandeep Singh, Tim Southee, AS Roy, VR Iyer, D Wiese, Vaibhav Arora, S Iyer, Liton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, H Rana, K Khejroliya, JJ Roy
Sunrisers Hyderabad
PITCH REPORT
It will be the second home game for the Knight Riders this season. In the first game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, KKR posted a total of 204 runs and then delivered a sensational bowling performance. The pitch will likely provide a lot of support to the batters in this game. The team winning the toss will prefer to bowl.
