The third playoffs match of the ongoing 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is scheduled to be played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Kolkata. Both the teams have had a contrasting journey in the league stages of the season. While KKR started the tournament in the high then lost the momentum in the middle then again got back to the winning ways, SRh had been pretty consistent in winning post of their league games of IPL 2018, but they have lost their last three out of three games and that will a crucial factor in his match as well. The winner of this match will lock horns with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Final at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

However, in terms of the winning momentum, KKR defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the eliminator on Wednesday, while on the previous day, SRH lost the first qualifier to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Mumbai. There is no doubt about the fact that both the team comprises of proven match-winners in their respective squads. Let us have look at 5 such players from both the teams.

1. Dinesh Karthik (KKR)

In the game against KXIP, Dinesh Karthik raced his way to his fastest IPL half-century (off 22 balls). He entered the ground at No. 5 in the 12th over and on the second ball that he faced, Dinesh hit a four through the third-man region off Axar Patel. It was at this point in time that Karthik and Andre Russell stitched a 76-run partnership, which came off 31 balls and strengthened Knight Riders’ position further in the match. Even in the last game he stitched a 50_ runs partnership with Russell. SRH has to stop this maverick.