Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2022, Today Match Prediction 14 May 2022

kkr vs srh Match Prediction & Analysis

IPL2022 is coming to the business end with each team trying to stay ahead of the other team`s in the points table. KKR & SRH are currently not in a comfortable position as they are reeling at 7th and 6th places respectively. Both teams looked good for a certain period by were unable to string of losses in the league phase. KKR lost 5 matches on a trot before winning 2 of their last 3 matches while SRH after their 5-match winning streak have succumbed to 4-match losing streak currently. Both teams cannot afford to lose this match as their campaign might end up in the league phase itself.  

TEAMS PREVIEW

Kolkata Knight Riders Preview

KKR batting line-up looks unsettled with a lot of changes frequently. Ajinkya Rahane (25 runs) and Venkatesh Iyer (43 runs) returned to playing XI last game and gave a good 60-run opening partnership. Nitish Rana (43 runs) and Rinku Singh (23 runs) played good cameos but their remaining batters were bundled out for single digit scores. Andre Russell and Shreyas Iyer have been their top run scorers in this season so far.

Their bowlers bowled out the opposition to just 113 runs to win comfortably by 165 runs. Pace trio of Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, and Tim Southee claimed 6 wickets between themselves in the last game. Mystery Spin duo of Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy joined forces and had combined figures of 7-0-43-1.

Top players to bet on: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Pat Cummins, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

Kolkata Knight Riders Actual Playing XI:

Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer, Sam Billings, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, TG Southee

Sunrisers Hyderabad Preview

SRH fell way short of 193-run target in the last game after their both openers were dismissed for duck. Rahul Tripathi played a lone fighting hand with 58 runs. Their batting has been in good form with 4 of the top-5 players (Aiden Markram-326 runs, Abhishek Sharma-331 runs, Rahul Tripathi – 308 runs, & Nicholas Pooran – 261 runs) scoring 250+ runs at a strike rate of excess of 140.

SRH bowling unit has been under the pump giving 190+ runs in the last 4 matches on a trot. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been lone bright spot in the bowling department in the last few matches. T Natarajan and Washington Sundar are injured and Umran Malik has lost rhythm giving runs at over 12 RPO in 3 matches. J Suchith has been superb with the limited opportunities and Karthik Tyagi needs to tighten his line and lengths.

Top players to bet on: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kartik Tyagi/T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Romario Shepherd, Umran Malik

Sunrisers Hyderabad Actual Playing XI:

Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Nicholas Pooran, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram, RA Tripathi, KS Williamson, Abhishek Sharma

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Pune has bright and sunny weather with very less to no chances of rain on the match day. Dew might come in to trouble the bowlers in second innings.

Venue Details

Pune pitch has been a little tacky with uneven bounce and it might get slower as the match progresses. Spinners might have an upper hand on this pitch. We expect average scores to be around 160-180 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first has a 9-3 win-loss record at this venue and the pitch might get slower as the match progresses so we expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.

KKR vs SRH
Winning Prediction

SRH has a strong batting unit and their only worry is the form of their skipper Kane Williamson. Their bowlers lack the discipline and they dearly miss the services of T Natarajan in the death overs. KKR`s batting unit has been very unsettled and rely heavily on the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, and Andre Russell win the matches so far. KKR have a good pace attack and dynamic mystery spin duo of Narine and Chakravarthy. They lack a quality all-rounder to aid in completing fifth bowler`s quota of overs. We expect KKR to win this match as they have better form in recent matches.

KKR will win the match

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