IPL 2023 Match Preview: Resurgent and Rejigged SRH Ready for KKR Challenge

Mumbai, April 14: Back to profitable methods, a resurgent Sunrisers Hyderabad will likely be compelled to tinker their profitable mixture following Washington Sundar's damage as they face Kolkata Knight Riders within the IPL right here on Friday.

After a subdued begin to the match, SRH turned issues round with back-to-back wins over Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans, and Kane Williamson's workforce is now eying a hat-trick of victories. Also Read | PBKS vs MI, IPL 2023: Want to Play Aggressive, Expresses Punjab Skipper Mayank Agarwal.

However Washington, a significant cog within the SRH wheels, will likely be lacking in motion after he sustained a cut up webbing on his bowling hand whereas fielding in opposition to GT.

Washington performs the duel function of limiting the batters along with his spin bowling and chipping in with some runs as a floater. He has taken 4 wickets and scored a half-century to this point within the season.

But coach Tom Moody has made it clear that he will not be out there for at the least two matches and it is going to be fascinating to see who replaces the all-rounder within the XI.

Hyderabad have the choice of Shreyas Gopal and Jagadeesha Suchith within the spin division or they could give one other probability to Abdul Samad, who appeared odd within the first two matches.

For Sunrisers, it was the batting failure which was hurting them as they faltered of their first two chases, however the workforce addressed the issue with openers Abhishek Sharma and Williamson producing the products within the final two outings.

If Sharma shone with match-winning knocks of 75 and 42, Williamson scored 32 and 57 to arrange the chase within the final two video games. Rahul Tripathi was wanting good in opposition to GT earlier than he retired harm following what appeared like a cramp, and his availability will likely be essential for SRH.

In Tripathi's absence, Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram accomplished the job in opposition to GT and the workforce will count on them to indicate consistency and take the accountability within the middle-order.

In bowling, Marco Jansen have taken a wicket every within the final two video games, whereas his tempo colleagues T Natarajan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have contributed with essential wickets.

KKR are heading into the match after a loss in opposition to Delhi Capitals but it surely stays a formidable aspect and would look to bounce again from the reversal. The Knight Riders are positioned within the second spot with six factors from 5 outings.

Shreyas Iyer and Co. had been blown away by the batting would possibly of Delhi, their formidable bowling assault wanting toothless in opposition to the brilliance of David Warner and Prithvi Shaw.

Umesh Yadav had his first unhealthy day of the season as he conceded 48 runs for one wicket. Ditto for Pat Cummins because the Australian skipper bled 51 in his 4 overs. Varun Chakravarthy and Andre Russell went for 44 and 16 of their respective spells.

While Iyer did the majority of the scoring with a 54 within the final match, the poor type of opener Ajinkya Rahane is a reason for concern for KKR. Venkatesh Iyer, too, could not set the stage ablaze and has only one fifty to indicate for from his 5 innings.

Former champions KKR can even hope for more consistency from the likes of Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Sam Billings.

Teams (from):

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholos Pooran, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Marco Jansen, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sean Abbott, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Tiwary, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, Aman Khan, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammed Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.

Match begins at 7:30 PM.

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