The Kolkata Knight Riders, with the perceived worst line-up of the season has found two heroes in Shardul Thakur and Rinku Singh to topple Bangalore, and later the unbeaten Gujarat Titans. Rinku Singh in particular has hit the spotlight with his five sixes in the Final over. SRH too finally have a win with their bowling coming to life against the Punjab Kings. Both sides are moving well and the upcoming game will prove to be important to see who can maintain their momentum in the games going forward.

KKR vs SRH Match Details

Date: April 14th 2023

Time:  7:30 PM IST

Venue: Kolkata

KKR vs SRH Weather Report

Warm and dry weather is expected at Kolkata.

KKR vs SRH Pitch Report

The Eden Gardens track is proving to be on the slower side and will favor KKR’s mystery spinners. Batting first will be a better option with the turn on offer.

KKR vs SRH Head-to-Head

Stats	Matches	KKR Won	SRH Won	NR
Overall	23	15	8	0
At Kolkata	8	6	2	0
In the last Five Matches	5	4	1	0
In 2022	2	1	1	0

KKR vs SRH Predicted Playing XII

KKR Playing XI

Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy, Umesh Yadav

SRH Playing XI

Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad/ Fazhalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid

KKR vs SRH Key Players

T Natarajan

Natarajan did a fine job at the death while the others were being taken for runs around him. His death bowling remains effective and SRH will be banking on him to help them fight back after a poor bowling performance in the first game.

Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana, the captain, has found heroes in his side, but as a batter he will want to step up badly. He is a stalwart in the side and if KKR are to believe that they can contend consistently he and the likes of Russell will need to step up fast.

SRH’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Rahul Tripathi	3	108	54
Mayank Agarwal	3	56	19
Abdul Samad	3	53	–
Aiden Markram	2	37	37
Anmolpreet Singh	1	31	31

KKR’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Venkatesh Iyer	3	120	40
Rinku Singh	3	98	49
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	3	94	31
Shardul Thakur	3	76	38
Nitish Rana	3	70	23

SRH’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Mayank Markande	1	4	3.75
Umran Malik	3	4	21.5
Fazhalhaq Farooqi	2	3	18
Marco Jansen	1	2	8
Adil Rashid	2	2	28

KKR’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Sunil Narine	3	6	14.8
Varun Chakravarthy	3	5	13.6
Suyash Sharma	2	4	1625
Tim Southee	2	2	39
Umesh Yadav	3	1	68

Rivalries to Watch out For

Mayank Agarwal vs Sunil Narine: Agarwal has a pretty middling record against Sunil Narine which could prompt KKR to bring out their trump card early, to break the top of the SRH batting line-up.

KKR vs SRH Match Tips

KKR and SRH both have the momentum. Looking at the line-ups though, despite all the madness that went on with KKR in their previous game, SRH will feel the confident side.

Match Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad Win the Match