As soon as the Kolkata Knight Riders team came to bowl first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Match 45 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday, May 03, fans were curious whether the ace fast bowler was there? Mathisha Pathirana He will be seen bowling his brilliant yorkers for the three-time champions. KKR has dropped one of its foreign players from the playing eleven for this match.
SRH vs KKR: Toss Update
The coin toss went in SRH's favor after it was declared wrong by KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane at the time of the toss. The hosts chose to bat first in the afternoon match, confident that their batting line-up would put up a good score on the board, boasting a flat track for the ongoing encounter.
SRH vs KKR: Allen returns for KKR; Both sides make two changes
Actually, KKR fans will still have to wait for the return of Mathisha Pathirana, as this fast bowler has not been included in the playing eleven. However, experienced preachers Manish Pandey Ramandeep is playing his first game of the season in place of Singh, while Finn Allen has come in for Tim Seifert. SRH dropped Harsh Dubey and Nitish Kumar Reddy to bring in Ravichandran Smarna and Harshal Patel.
SRH vs KKR: What did the captains say?
SRH captain Pat Cummins said
“We'll bat first. The pitch looks good and it's very hot, we'll bat and make a total. I'm not good at reading pitches, it should look good and be high scoring. I think the thing is that the young guys have come in and been fantastic. A lot of the veterans have really hit their stride too, I think we've scored over 220 in all but one game. So it seems like everybody has, you know, found their rhythm. Have achieved, prepared ourselves for the tournament, playing in the style we want, which is really positive and everyone is involved.
“(On their winning streak) I think that's just the thing. It's very unlikely that we'll win every single game for the rest of the season, but we know that style works and we've got five in a row at the moment. So if there's a little bit of a blip, just keep shopping that style. Nitish misses out. He has a bit of an illness, Smaran comes in for his first game and Harshal Patel replaces Harsh Dubey.”
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane said
“We also wanted to bat first. The breaks we've had so far have really helped us as a team, to reconnect and think about the things we did right and from an improvement point of view. As I said in the last game as well, it's about winning those moments, small, little moments in this format.
“The game can change here and there within an over. It's all about being present, being a little active and winning those moments. I thought the hose break has definitely helped so far. We've got two changes. Finn Allen is back in place of Seifert and then Manish Pandey is playing his first game of the season in place of Ramandeep Singh.”
SRH vs KKR: Playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, pat cummins (Captain), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Ishan Malinga
Effect Options: Prafulla Hinge, Harsh Dubey, Liam Livingstone, Saqib Hussain, Zeeshan Ansari.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (WK), Cameron Green, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Karthik Tyagi, Varun Chakraborty
Effect Options: Finn Allen, Ramandeep Singh, Tejasvi Dahiya, Navdeep Saini, Tim Seifert
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