SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be commencing their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign on Sunday against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Chennai. SRH reached the playoffs last season but failed to win the trophy and this year with David Warner at the helm and the likes of Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the line-up, SRH is looking like a prime contender to win the title.
With a healthy balance of young and experience in the squad, SRH has Indian players such as Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Priyam Garg, and Siddarth Kaul. On the other hand, under the captaincy of Eoin Morgan, KKR has kept its core group of players intact and strengthened their area of concern. Morgan, Pat Cummins, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine, if fit and available, are the front-runners to occupy the four overseas slots in the playing XI.
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However, the KKR team management will be having a headache among the selection of the Indian players as they have some match-winners like Shubman Gill and Prasidh Krishna. While Shubman Gill played a key role in India’s Test series win Down Under, Krishna is oozing with confidence after making an impressive ODI debut against England.
Here are the 3 players to watch out for from the game:
#3 Varun Chakravarthy
Mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy’s had a phenomenal season with KKR in IPL 2020 as he picked up 17 wickets from 13 outings, including a five-wicket haul. After picking wickets, he also managed to create an ample amount of pressure on the opposition batsmen in the middle overs, with his economical spells. Based on his IPL heroics, Varun Chakravarthy received his maiden national call-up twice, but he was left out on both occasions at the last moment.
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A late injury barred him from taking a flight to Australia, while the second setback came when he failed to clear the fitness test. Determined to shrug off these setbacks, Chakravarthy will be eyeing to perform better this season and Chennai’s spin-friendly track will certainly come to his aid.
