The ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League is watching Kolkata Knight Riders at Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. The two sides come in stability against the loss of losses against the capitals of Mumbai Indians and Delhi respectively. Both teams will be worse for their best performance.
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Toss update
SRH's Pat Cummins called correctly and won the toss. He opted for the first field. The goal of SRH will aim to limit the hosts with their bowling attacks, including Harshal Patel, Simarjit Singh, Mohammed Shami and Zeeshan Ansari, besides Cummins' choice. On the other hand, KKR will be eager to post a large score on the board.
Spencer Johnson not included in KKR's XI; Effect for SRH for convenience as sub. Travis head
Spencer Johnson was replaced by Moen Ali. KKR's encounter against Australian Quick MI was quite decent, scoring only 14 runs in his two overs. However, he was quite expensive in the early couples of the defending champion. Moin was extremely sad in the only game played against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati. Moeen will have an important role to play during his magic, with SRH fielding with three left -handed batsmen including IPL debutant, Kamindu Mendis.
What did the captains say?
Ajinkya Rahane, KKR captain
Looks good, I am really happy with the pitch, we were also bowling first. This will suit our spinners, at home, you should get what you want, but we will need to quickly assess the situation with the bat. We sat together (after the last match), discussed how we could be better, but it is a long tournament and it was a bad day. Moeen Ali Spencer comes in place of Johnson. Despite all the plans, we have to come out and do well in between.
Pat Cummins, SRH Captain
We will bowl. Looks like a good surface, but I am terrible to read it. They beat us in the final (last year), but both sides changed slightly. We have talked about our batting, we have been our best while being aggressive, but we cannot be careless. He has been amazing (on Annic Verma), not surprised by any situation. The coordination is the key (with the coaching team), but we have a clear idea.
Play xis
KKR: Quinton de Coke (WK), Sunil Narin, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkarish Raghuvanshi, Moini Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandip Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakarwarthi
Impact option: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukulu Roy, Rowman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
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SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Annic Verma, Henrik Klassen (WK), Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (C), Harshal Patel, Simarjit Singh, Mohammed Shami, Zishan Ansari
Impact option: Abhinav Manohar, Jaydev Unadkat, Travis Head, Rahul Char, Vian Mulder
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