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Cricket Match Predictions: Indian Premier League 2024 - Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match 71 - May 21
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Match 71, Qualifier 1, of the TATA Indian Premier League (TATA IPL 2024), KKR vs SRH, which will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad on 21st May 2024.
Match 71- Qualifier 1- SRH vs KKR (Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad)
Current Form SRH:
Sunrisers Hyderabad finished at the 2nd spot on points table after league stages. The abandonement of Rajasthan Royals' last match helped their cause.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are in red hot form and they shall pose a big challenge for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first Qualifier.
The top run scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League is Travis Head with 433 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League is T Natarajan with 17 scalps under his belt.
In their previous outing, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Punjab Kings comprehensively by 4 wickets.
Punjab Kings batted first and they posted a huge total of 214 for 5 in 20 overs. Atharva Taide and Prabhsimran Singh started off very well. They scored 46 and 71 runs respectively to instill hope for a big total. Rilee Rossouw and Jitesh Sharma provided a good finish with their knocks of 49 and 32 runs respectively to take Kings to a respectable total of 214 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost Travis Head on the first ball of the chase. After his dismissal, Abhishek Sharma and Rahul Tripathi took the responsibility of taking SRH over the line. Abhishek Sharma impressed with his 66 run knock. He smashed 6 sixes during his innings. Heinrich Klaasen scored the winning runs as he made 42 runs and took SRH home with 4 wickets in hand.
Current Form KKR:
Kolkata Knight Riders finished at the first position on points table after league stages. They managed to win 9 games.
Kolkata Knight Riders are certainly the favorites to win the Indian Premier League but they will have to cross the SRH hurdle in Qualifier match.
The top run scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League is Sunil Narine with 461 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League is Varun Chakravarthy with 18 scalps under his belt.
The previous outing of Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals was washed off. However, Kolkata Knight Riders have won their previous fixture against Mumbai Indians by 18 runs.
The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a total of 157 for 7 in 16 overs. Phil Salt, Sunil Narine and Shreyas Iyer failed at the top of the order. Venkatesh Iyer played a magnificent knock of 42 runs in 21 balls. Nitish Rana, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh also made healthy contributions with the bat and got their team to a competitive total of 157 in 16 overs of play.
During the chase, Mumbai Indians lost Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma quite early. Tilak Varma and Ishan Kishan tried their best to take MI over the line but they too got out at a wrong time and their team fell short by 18 runs in the end.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Phil Salt, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain. Players injured/withdrawn: Jason Roy, Gus Atkinson.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed , Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Kolkata Knight Riders
Who will win?- Kolkata Knight Riders
Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders), T Natarajan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Most Sixes – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Rahul Tripathi (Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Player of the Match- Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)
Team Scores Batting first - Kolkata Knight Riders 105+, Sunrisers Hyderabad 195+
Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders
*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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