Struggling to make a comeback after losing four consecutive matches, Sunrisers Hyderabad will have to overcome their bowling problems in Saturday's match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to keep their IPL hopes alive.
After winning five matches in a row, four defeats in a row have dealt a blow to Sunrisers' hopes of reaching the IPL playoffs. They have 10 points from 11 matches and will need to win the remaining three matches to keep their chances of making the playoffs alive.
KKR have 10 focuses from 12 matches and are nearly being dropped. The Shreyas Iyer-drove side have just two matches left and a success will just take them to 14 places, which may not be sufficient to meet all requirements for the end of the season games as Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have played 12 matches. Stays in the best four with 14 places.
KKR quick bowler Pat Cummins has been administered out of IPL because of a hip physical issue. To recuperate from this injury, Cummins will get back to his country Australia before the finish of the IPL. Australia needs to play a progression of three T20s, five ODIs and two Test matches against Sri Lanka in June-July. Cummins is additionally the commander of Australia's Test group. KKR's most elevated wicket-taker Umesh Yadav missed the last match because of a calf strain. The group trusts that he will be fit soon.
Teams :
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Aaron Finch, Abhijit Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Inderjit, Nitish Rana, Pratham Singh, Rinku Singh, Ashok Sharma, Rasikh Dar, Shivam Mavi, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Aman Khan , Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Chamika Karunaratne, Muhammad Nabi, Ramesh Kumar, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Sam Billings, Sheldon Jackson.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Romario Shepherd, Marco Jensen, J Suchit, Shreyas Gopal , Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sean Abbott, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Tiwari, Fazlhaq Farooqui, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.
