Updated 21 May 2024 at 13:00 IST
The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Tuesday. The match is scheduled for May 21 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, starting at 7:30 PM IST. The winner of the match will move to the final, while the loser will get another opportunity to make the summit clash. The team that loses will face the winner of the Eliminator between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
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It is very difficult to predict the outcome of such a big match between these two teams. But looking at KKR's impressive form, it looks like KKR is going to beat SRH in IPL Qualifier 1.
Wicket-keepers: Heinrich Klaasen
Batters: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (c)
Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (vc), Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
The IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH match toss will take place at the Narendra Modi Stadium at 07:00 PM IST
The forecast for Qualifier 1 between KKR and SRH on May 21 is clear. Daytime and evening conditions in Ahmedabad are expected to be clear, with no rain and a high temperature of 42 degrees.
The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium has offered one of the most competitive surfaces in IPL 2024. It provides opportunities for both the batters and bowlers. However, the trend of the chasing team dominating matches has continued from the previous edition. We can anticipate another close contest between bat and ball in this match.
KKR: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh
SRH: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), T. Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
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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, Allah Ghazanfar, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
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.
Published 21 May 2024 at 02:22 IST