Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to lock horns for the 2nd time in the 61st match of the IPL 2022 season at the Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune on Saturday.
While Shreyas Iyer's team is sitting in the 7th position of the IPL points table with only 2 league games remaining, Hyderabad is in the 6th spot with 3 games remaining. It will be a do-or-die battle for Kolkata as if they lose their next match, they could be knocked out of the playoff race.
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On the other hand, Kane Williamson's team has lost their 2 previous matches and will now look to bounce back against Kolkata. SRH who have 10 points, will need to win all three remaining games to comfortably make it to the playoffs this season.
Head to Head:
Although in their previous game this season, SRH dominated with a 7-wicket win, Kolkata has had an upper hand in the head-to-head stats. While Kolkata has won 14 times, SRH has managed to win only 8 games in their 22 meetings so far.
Playing XI:
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Playing XI (probable):
Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith (WK), Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Mohammad Nabi, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Shivam Mavi
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Playing XI (probable):
Kane Williamson (C), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Washington Sundar, Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.
SRH vs KKR Match timings
SRH vs KKR live match will begin at 7:30 pm IST while the toss will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play.
SRH vs KKR Match Live Telecast details:
The Match will be aired live on Star Sports channels - Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3, and Star Sports 3 HD.
The online streaming of the IPL 2022 match will be available on Hotstar.
SRH vs KKR live Streaming match will begin at 7:30 pm IST while the toss will take place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play.