Kolkata Knight Riders return to Chennai for another Final after 12 years. Gautham Gambhir sits in the dugout this time around as well, although as a mentor, another former Delhi Capitals player leads them. Against them is a side that lost to them twice.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad, making a lot of noise after transforming T20 batting probably had their most satisfying win in the previous game. While they made 280 look par earlier in the season, they proved that their bowling has some depth as well defending 175 very comfortably. With little dew around, SRH found a lot of purchases with Shahbaz Ahmed and Abhishek Sharma.

They will also be hoping Aiden Markaram can do something similar with lefties in the KKR line-up especially with Chepauk doing Chepauk things. while SRH looks good though, KKR may back themselves a little more having been very comfortable with how they went through the season.

KKR vs SRH Match Details

Date: May 26th, 2024

Time:  7:30 PM IST

Venue: MA Chidhambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai

KKR vs SRH Weather Report

Chennai has been very humid in the last week. Dew though has been a little unpredictable.

KKR vs SRH Pitch Report

Matches	28
Won Batting First and Percentage	15(54%)
Won Batting Second and Percentage	13(46%)
Average First Innings Score	158
Average Second Innings Score	146
Average Successful First Innings Scores	172

There was a lot of spin in the previous game and the ball has been holding and gripping. If Dew stays away again batting first will be the better choice.

KKR vs SRH Head-to-Head

Stats	Matches	KKR Won	SRH Won	NR
Overall	27	18	9	0
At Chennai	1	1	0	0
In the last Five Matches	5	4	1	0
In 2023	1	1	1	0

KKR vs SRH Predicted Playing XII

SRH Playing XII

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markaram, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Rahul Tripathi, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat,

KKR Playing XII

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshith Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

KKR vs SRH Key Players

Aiden Markaram

Aiden Markaram could have a role to play in the upcoming game. The pitch has been on the slower side and with lefties in the KKR line-up it will be up to Markaram to break through the KKR line-up with the ball. His bowling is often not rated much but he has in the past shown that he can provide the required with the ball fairly well.

Mitchell Starc

Mitchell Starc loves big games. His pace and movement has put Travis Head in some discomfort in the previous game and a repeat could shift the Final towards KKR very quickly if he gets the ball in the right spots.

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KKR’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Sunil Narine	14	482	37.08
Phil Salt	12	435	39.55
Shreyas Iyer	14	345	38.33
Venkatesh Iyer	14	318	39.75
Andre Russell	14	222	31.71

SRH’s Top Five Batters This Season

Players	Matches	Runs	Average
Travis Head	14	567	43.62
Abhishek Sharma	15	482	34.43
Heinrich Klaasen	15	463	42.09
Nitish Kumar Reddy	12	290	36.25
Shahbaz Ahmed	15	207	25.88

KKR’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
Varun Chakravarthy	14	20	19.65
Harshit Rana	12	17	21.11
Sunil Narine	14	16	22
Andre Russell	14	16	17.25
Mitchell Starc	13	15	28.66

SRH’s Top Five Bowlers This Season

Players	Matches	Wickets	Average
T Natarajan	13	19	22.94
Pat Cummins	15	17	32.23
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	15	11	46.18
Jaydev Unadkat	10	8	38.75
Mayank Markande	7	8	32.37

KKR vs SRH, Battles to Watch

Sunil Narine vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Sunil Narine has been smoking it in the first few overs. He will have a challenge now though. The white-ball doesn’t swing long but if anyone could get the ball to talk it would be in the first over, where he will be looking to stop Sunil Narine.

KKR vs SRH Match Tips

Sunrisers used the conditions well to defend in the previous game. KKR though have the better head to head and with more lefties in the side they could disturb SRH’s bowling attack which found success through left-arm spin in the previous game.

Match Prediction: Kolkata Knight Riders Will Win the Match