Kolkata Knight Riders are sitting pretty at the top of the table and Robin Uthappa has played a big part in the rise of KKR. His impact in the middle overs has caught most teams unawares, his onslaught has been a treat to watch. KKR hence has emerged as the team to beat this season. SRH on the other hand has also been a team that has shown consistency thanks to their bowlers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the purple cap holder. Yuvraj Singh is there and he can provide the finishing kick to the innings.
Sunil Narine could very well open the batting. No surprises there. Maybe Knight Riders should also consider opening the bowling with him, against two left-handed Sunrisers openers.
Sunrisers are the only side yet to lose a home game this season, while Knight Riders are the only team to win three away games so far
Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 20, Yuvraj Singh struck two sixes in his innings with a strike rate of 162.50 but Sunrisers Hyderabad only managed 155 in pursuit of their 173-run target.
We are in Hyderabad to face defending champions @SunRisers. May the best team win tonight. #DusKiDahaad #AmiKKR #SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/rNZ3zEeAti
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) April 30, 2017
The likely XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Moises Henriques, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Deepak Hooda, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Ashish Nehra, 11 Siddarth Kaul
Kolkata Knight Riders 1 Gautam Gambhir (capt), 2 Sunil Narine, 3 Robin Uthappa (wk), 4 Manish Pandey, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Suryakumar Yadav, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Nathan Coulter-Nile, 10 Kuldeep Yadav, 11 Umesh Yadav
