Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as Nitish Rana won the toss and elected to bat first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday (May 4).
“We would have batted first as well, we have tended to do well with a score on the board. We need to start playing good consistent cricket and tonight's an opportunity, looking forward to a positive outcome. Batting needs to improve, bowling has been outstanding, but we've underperformed with the bat. Couple of changes in our 16 with Kartik Tyagi back in the group. He was injured for a while and is raring to have a go,” SRH skipper Aiden Markram said after the toss.
“We'll bat first. Looks like a good wicket, hopefully we'll post a good score and then restrict them. We're not thinking too much ahead, just have to take game-by-game. We have had injuries in many games, but they're back now. We're playing an extra batter due to the impact rule, need to get those 10-15 extra runs. Two changes - Jason Roy is back in place of David Wiese, Vaibhav Arora replaces Jagadeeshan,” KKR captain Nitish Rana said after winning the toss.
Head-to-Head
Played: 24
SRH: 9
KKR: 14
Tied: 1
Last Result: SRH won by 23 runs (IPL 2023)
Pitch Report
'It's pitch number 2 today and the dimensions are different. The side boundaries are 62m and 65m respectively while the straight boundary is 74m. A typical Hyderabad pitch, bereft of grass and it's very hard. There has been some rain over the past two days and it could be a bit slow initially. Spin could be critical tonight with the pitch expected to turn. KKR's spin trio would love bowling here. As a bowler, you need to stay in that good length area and make the most of your variations and slow down the pace. The captains need to use the spinners in the middle overs. Toss might not be a critical factor though', Daren Ganga analysed the report.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Rahul Tripathi, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh
Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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