Dinesh Karthik’s Kolkata Knight Riders will aim to consolidate their position in play-offs when they will face table-toppers SunRiser Hyderabad on Saturday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
KKR are placed third in the points table with seven wins in 13 outings. The Dinesh Karthik-led side will have to win to inch closer to a knockout spot.
Along with SRH, second-placed Chennai Super Kings are already in the play-offs.
SRH will come into the clash on the back of a 14-run defeat to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a high-scoring match on Thursday night.
Led by Kane Williamson whose rousing 81 off 42 balls — his eighth fifty-plus score in IPL 2018 — almost won the game for SRH despite the stiff target of 219 set by Virat Kohli’s RCB, the batting clicked last night but their famed bowling took a beating.
The hosts will be eager to correct the flaws as they brace up to face another tough opponent.
SRH vs KKR head to head
Kolkata have won eight games in the 13 outings against SunRisers Hyderabad.
Hyderabad have thrashed Kolkata two times at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, in four games.
Ahead of the clash, here is everything you need to know:
Date: Saturday, 19 May 2018.
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Telecast: Star Network.
Time: 8 pm IST.
Live streaming: Hotstar.
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (From): Shikhar Dhawan, Alex Hales, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Shreevats Goswami(w), Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammad Nabi, Carlos Brathwaite, Ricky Bhui, T Natarajan, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan
Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Sunil Narine, Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Andre Russell, Shubman Gill, Shivam Mavi, Javon Searles, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rinku Singh, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Cameron Delport
-With IANS inputs.