Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be face to face in the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) today. While KKR had to face defeat to Mumbai Indians in the first match, Hyderabad team was also defeated in front of RCB in their first match. In such a situation, both these teams will die in today’s match and would like to open a winning account in this tournament.
KKR’s team has made many changes this time as compared to the previous season, but looking at his plan against Mumbai Indians, it seems that Karthik has not taken lessons from previous mistakes. After losing the match against Mumbai Indians by 49 runs, questions have been raised once again about the batting line-up of batsman Andre Russell.
The Jamaican batsman, who scored the highest 510 runs in 249 balls at a strike rate of around 205 from 249 balls, landed in the sixth order to bat, when the team’s problems were greatly increased. World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan also could not do much because when he came to bat, the team had to score 13 runs per over.
In bowling too, Karthik’s decision to bowl spinner Sunil Narine late is being criticized. By the time Narayan came to bowl, Rohit Sharma had achieved the rhythm. The entire team of KKR was shattered. Because of this, Karthik will have to prove himself in this match and concentrate on his plans.
At the same time, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s condition was not good in the first match, the team’s middle order was shattered badly against Royal Challenger Bangalore. In the last five overs, the team needed 43 runs to win but they could only manage 32 runs and lost the match by 10 runs after losing seven wickets.
Another bad news for the team is that all-rounder Mitchell Marsh pulled out of the tournament due to injury. Captain David Warner, who was run out in the last match, would like to prove himself with the bat this time. So it will be interesting to see if Kane Williamson returns from injury. Their arrival will strengthen the middle-order of the team.
Sunrisers bowling has always been impressive and it seems that in this match Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi may get a chance to handle spin bowling with compatriot Rashid Khan. At the same time, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the fast attack.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Dinesh Karthik (Captain), Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh Lad, Ali Khan, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Eminent Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, Chris Green, M Siddharth, Sunil Narayan, Nikhil Naik, Tom Benton.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Johnny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Ridhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma, B Sandeep, Sanjay Yadav , Fabian Allen, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi.
