Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) as Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first in the IPL 2024 Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on May 21. The last time both the teams locked horns with each other, KKR defeated SRH by four runs.
What did the captains say?
After losing the toss, KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer said:
“I would have loved to bowl. I had a chat with the curator and he said it's a mixed soil, let's see how it plays, hoping for a good game. Important that we keep the momentum going and stay in the present. Great achievement (finishing at the top of the table) and everyone is proud of it, we are taking one match at a time and we need to be positive about what's going to happen here. We are going with the same team.”
Meanwhile, after winning the toss SRH skipper Cummins said:
“We gonna have a bat, looks like a good wicket and expect a high-scoring game. The batting group has been amazing for us and hopefully more of the same tonight. We are playing pretty much the same eleven as the last game.”
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Kolkata Knight Riders' Playing XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Impact Subs: Anukul Roy, Manish Pandey, Nitish Rana, KS Bharat, Sherfaine Rutherford
Sunrisers Hyderabad's Playing XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Jaydev Unadkat
Head-to-Head
Talking about KKR versus SRH's head-to-head encounters in IPL, Knight Riders hold the upper hand against Hyderabad. In their 26 meetings, KKR have emerged victorious on 17 occasions, while Hyderabad have only managed to win 9.
Pitch Report
“The outfield is green and lush. The square boundaries are 63 metres each while it is 70 metres down the ground. The pitch looks a touch dry. Will suit bowlers who will use the off-pace deliveries. In some areas, around the good length, there's a bit of moisture, but it is hard. The power-hitters will play a major role here, looks like a good batting wicket. Won't spin much,” Matthew Hayden analysed the pitch.
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