KKR vs SRH, MCA Stadium. Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in a mirage of playoffs. Both teams are still in the race for the playoffs, but it is tough for them to make it. Looking at the previous records, KKR is the favorite to win this game, and SRH won only one match at this venue out of five games.
Shreyas Iyer is going to play the 100th IPL game tonight. We can see him score big and break the chain of poor scores at this venue, and he has scored just 66 runs in 9 innings at MCA Stadium. In contrast, he has an average of 33.83 while playing against SRH.
MCA's pitches are favorable to pace bowlers this season of IPL. We can see Umran Malik, Natarajan, Umesh Yadav, and Tim Southee perform better than spinners tonight.
Kane Williamson should either rest himself or bat in the middle order. It looks like he is forcing himself into the opening position. He is a versatile batter who can bat at any position. Team management should realize this fact and give Markram a chance at the top of the order.
KKR is also struggling with its opening pair. Now that Venkatesh Iyer is back in form, Rahane should continue with him. Aaron Finch is a hit-ot-miss batter and not consistent. This makes Rahane a default opening batter choice.
Rahul Tripathi is the player with the highest runs scored by an uncapped Indian player in the IPL since 2018. No doubt he is the main batter for SRH, and also, he previously played for KKR and now playing against them.
At MCA Stadium:
| Matches | Won | Lost | |
| SRH | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| KKR | 8 | 7 | 1 |
SRH vs KKR H2H:
| Batting 1st Won | Batting 2nd Won | |
| SRH | 4 | 4 |
| KKR | 6 | 8 |
The Last Match:
| N Rana – 54(36) | Natarajan – 3/37 | R Tripathi – 71(37) | A Russell – 2/20 |
| A Russell – 49(25) | Umran – 2/27 | A Markram – 68(36) | P Cummins – 1/40 |
| S Iyer – 28(25) | Jansen – 1/26 | K Williamson – 17(16) | |
| Suchith – 1/32 |
H2H Player Stats:
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| A Rahane | 17 | 16 | 397 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26.47 | 105.87 |
| S Iyer | 14 | 14 | 406 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 33.83 | 113.73 |
| N Rana (vs SRH) | 12 | 12 | 394 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 32.83 | 131.33 |
| N Rana (for KKR) | 10 | 10 | 340 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34.00 | 134.39 |
| R Tripathi | 7 | 7 | 270 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38.57 | 169.81 |
| K Williamson | 10 | 10 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 26.67 | 126.98 |
| A Finch | 11 | 11 | 212 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23.56 | 123.98 |
| A Russell | 12 | 11 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.33 | 160.19 |
| S Narine | 19 | 10 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.56 | 165.08 |
| N Pooran | 6 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.50 | 137.84 |
| A Markram | 2 | 2 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 86.00 | 165.38 |
| A Samad | 3 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.50 | 163.41 |
| V Iyer | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.00 | 51.85 |
| A Sharma | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 | 47.83 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| B Kumar | 19 | 19 | 21 | 8.17 |
| U Yadav (for KKR) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 7.91 |
| U Yadav (vs SRH overall) | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8.96 |
| S Narine | 19 | 19 | 10 | 6.42 |
| A Russell | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9.30 |
| T Southee | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7.92 |
| T Natarajan | 4 | 4 | 7 | 9.40 |
| W Sundar | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7.86 |
| S Gopal | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10.00 |
| V Chakravarthy | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8.63 |
| P Cummins | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7.76 |
| J Suchith | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12.29 |
| U Malik | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.75 |
| M Jansen | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.50 |
Venue Stats:
(Overall T20 stats)
| M | I | R | 100s | 50s | 30s | Avg. | SR | |
| A Rahane | 19 | 19 | 464 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 25.78 | 115.71 |
| R Tripathi | 12 | 12 | 272 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24.73 | 137.37 |
| A Finch | 10 | 10 | 208 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20.80 | 128.40 |
| A Russell | 4 | 4 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34.75 | 195.77 |
| K Williamson | 4 | 4 | 121 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.25 | 124.74 |
| A Markram | 2 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 74.00 | 145.10 |
| S Iyer | 9 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.33 | 98.51 |
| B Kumar | 17 | 11 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.33 | 89.86 |
| M | I | W | ER | |
| B Kumar | 17 | 17 | 14 | 7.10 |
| U Yadav | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8.79 |
| S Narine | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6.61 |
| T Natarajan | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10.63 |
| A Russell | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8.60 |
| T Southee | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8.58 |
| S Gopal | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5.00 |
| W Sundar | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9.06 |
Probable Playing 11:
KKR: V Iyer, A Finch/A Rahane, S Iyer (C), N Rana, R Singh, S Billings/S Jackson (WK), A Russell, S Narine, U Yadav, V Chakravarthy, T Southee
T Natarajan and W Sundar are injured, and there are no updates on their availability. SRH can play with Farooqi or Tyagi, or Suchith.
SRH: R Tripathi, A Markram, K Williamson (C), A Sharma, N Pooran (WK), S Singh, F Farooqi/M Jansen/R Shepherd, B Kumar, W Sundar/J Suchith, T Natarajan/K Tyagi, U Malik
Fantasy Picks:
WK – N Pooran
Batters – N Rana, R Singh, R Tripathi
AR – A Russell, S Narine, A Sharma
Bowlers – U Malik, T Southee, U Yadav, T Natarajan
Punt picks – R Singh, K Williamson, S Iyer, K Tyagi
Common C/VC – A Russell, S Iyer, U Malik, K Williamson
Punt C/VC – N Rana, R Tripathi, A Markram, U Yadav
SRH Batters vs KKR Bowlers:
K Williamson:
vs Russell – 1W
vs Umesh – 1W
R Tripathi:
vs Russell – 2W
N Pooran:
vs Russell – 4W
vs Narine – 2W
vs Nabi – 1W
vs Chakravarthy – 2W
A Markram:
vs Narine – 1W
vs Russell – 1W
A Sharma:
vs Cummins – 1W
KKR Batters vs SRH Bowlers:
A Rahane:
vs B Kumar – 6W
vs Natarajan – 1W
vs Gopal – 1W
vs Sundar – 1W
S Iyer:
vs Umran – 1W
vs B Kumar – 3W
vs Gopal – 2W
vs Sundar – 2W
vs Tyagi – 1W
V Iyer:
vs Natarajan – 1W
S Billings:
vs Gopal – 1W
S Jackson:
vs Umran – 1W
vs B Kumar – 1W
vs Sundar – 1W
N Rana:
vs B Kumar – 2W
vs Natarajan – 2W
vs Gopal – 1W
vs Sundar – 2W
A Russell:
vs B Kumar – 2W
vs Natarajan – 1W
vs Tyagi – 1W
vs Karunaratne – 1W
S Narine:
vs Natarajan – 1W
vs B Kumar – 1W
vs Sundar – 1W
vs Gopal – 1W
A Finch:
vs Jansen – 1W
vs B Kumar – 3W
vs Gopal – 2W
vs Sundar – 1W
vs A Sharma – 1W
Interesting Records:
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar dismissed Rahane 6 times (4 ducks) and Finch 3 times (2 ducks).
- Andre Russell scored 51 runs against Bhuvneshwar Kumar at a strike rate of over 240 and was dismissed only once in 21 deliveries.
- This match will be Shreyas Iyer's 100th IPL game.
- Kane Williamson is going through very poor form in the IPL 2022.
- Shreya Iyer averages only 7.33 at MCA Stadium.
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