The 47th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. SRH will be taking on KKR for the second time this season. Sunrisers Hyderabad is currently placed at 9th place on the points table of this season of IPL whereas KKR is currently placed at the 8th spot on the points table.
SRH played 8 games in this season of the IPL where they managed to win just three games while KKR also played 8 matches in this season where they have also won just three games.
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These two teams have played have played 24 games against each other in the history of IPL so far where Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to win 9 games while Kolkata Knight Riders won the remaining matches. The last time they played against each other this season, SRH beat KKR by 23 runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
After making a lot of changes to that top order throughout the season, SRH finally seemed to get things right in their last match against DC. They will likely retain the same group and probably replace Akeal Hosein with Marco Jansen. Suyash Sharma and Varun Chakaravarthy have been taking regular wickets of KKR this season but Aiden Markram’s record against leg spin in IPL is pretty good. He averages 46.50 at a strike rate over 145 so his presence in the middle overs will be crucial for SRH.
Probable XI: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
KKR will have a big call to make at the top of the order after Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 81 in the last match. If Jason Roy is fit to go, he might replace David Wiese as the fourth overseas cricketer. Andre Russell is usually bowling the slog-overs for KKR. But there is a case for him to bowl early in the game this time given his superior record against Rahul Tripathi and Mayank Agarwal. He has bowled a combined 43 deliveries to these two and has dismissed them six times in total.
Probable XI: Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Abishek Sharma, Andre Russell, Aiden Markram (vc), Marco Jansen, Sunil Narine, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer (vc), Nitish Rana, Jason Roy, Abishek Sharma, Andre Russell, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Markande
