IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders – Dafanews Match Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the 47th match of the ongoing IPL 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. At this stage of the tournament every match becomes crucial for every team and both of these teams, who have had a mixed tournament so far, will want to bring their best to the middle.

We take a look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current form for SRH: W L L L W

Sunrisers Hyderabad has failed to come up with consistent batting performances so far. However, they were able to post a par score of 197 runs on the board against DC after Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen scored fine fifties.

Current form for KKR: L W L L L

Kolkata Knight Riders have won a solitary match in the last five matches as they haven’t been at their best. Rahmanullah Gurbaz had played a blistering knock in the last game against GT but he couldn’t find support from the other end.

Head to Head: Matches: 24, Won by KKR: 15, Won by SRH: 9.

KKR clearly holds the advantage against SRH in the H2H battle.

Players to watch out for: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the crucial players for SRH.

Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer are going to hold the key for KKR.

SRH IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Upendra Singh Yadav, Heinrich Klaasen (SA).

Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook (ENG).

All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.

Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Akeal Hosein (WI), Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid (ENG).

KKR IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG), N. Jagadeesan, Litton Das (BAN).

Batters: Jason Roy, Nitish Rana ©, Rinku Singh, Mandeep Singh.

All-rounders: Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel (WI), Shardul Thakur, David Wiese (NAM).

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Kulwant Khejroliya.