The two most destructive batting units of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will clash against each other at the Narendra Modi Stadium at 7.30 PM
The one who wins today will directly seal their spot in the finals of the Indian Premier League 2024. The one who loses today's match will still get a chance to play the semi-final on Friday
The Knights have clashed with the Risers on 26 occasions out of which KKR are leading the streak with 17 wins and SRH have come victorious in nine matches
Ahead of the Motera clash, the concern with KKR will be the unavailability of their opening batsman Phil Salt. The veteran has returned to England for his national duties
The in-form opening batsman Sunil Narine is having a great run in the ongoing season of the cash-rich league. But he also needs to consider Hyderabad's fast bowling attack consisting of Pat Cummins, T. Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar
On the other hand, SRH's explosive batting duo Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head will face Kolkata's star all-rounder Andre Russell. In 13 games, Russell has registered 15 wickets. He is known as "Golden Arm" for his ability to pick wickets at a crucial time
Also, star pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bagged nine wickets in three matches in his Indian Premier League career
Kolkata will also lay hopes on their lead pacer Mitchell Starc to bring out his best in tonight's match. In the IPL 2024, Starc has only managed to pick 12 wickets in 12 matches
Abhishek Sharma is also a consistent performer for Hyderabad. So far, the left-hander has smashed 41 sixes in 13 matches and will eye to continue the momentum
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad:
Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad:
Philip Salt(w), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Dushmantha Chameera, Srikar Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Sakib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar
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