Published May 20, 2024, 11:02 pm IST
The Sunrisers have been a revelation this season. From changing the approach to T20 batting they have built a strong line-up that dominates the powerplay. The Knight Riders though have silently done their bit too. They are among the most explosive sides as well but will have some contending to do. Their last two games were washed out which prevented them from seeing how their line-up stacks up without Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Date: May 20th, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM IST
Venue: Narendra Modi International Cricket Stadium, Ahmedabad
The weather is clear and pretty warm through the game.
Matches | 16 |
Won Batting First and Percentage | 7(44%) |
Won Batting Second and Percentage | 9(56%) |
Average First Innings Score | 177 |
Average Second Innings Score | 161 |
Average Successful First Innings Scores | 191 |
A day game could see spin come into play. The ball will likely to be harder to put away as it gets older and batting first will be a better choice.
Stats | Matches | KKR Won | SRH Won | NR |
Overall | 26 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
At Ahmedabad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the last Five Matches | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
In 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijaykanth Viyashkant
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshith Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Nitish Kumar has been one of the finds of the tournament. His batting, particularly against spin has been very measured, and he has shown that he can hit big. While Nitish Reddy has not yet made an impact with ball, he is showing glimpses of what he can do in the future with good pace and a good action.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz finally gets a hit this season. He has a pretty good record in T20 Cricket and KKR will not be able to find a closer replacement than him for Gurbaz, making him a player to watch.
Players | Matches | Runs | Average |
Sunil Narine | 13 | 461 | 38.42 |
Phil Salt | 12 | 435 | 39.55 |
Shreyas Iyer | 13 | 287 | 31.89 |
Venkatesh Iyer | 13 | 267 | 33.38 |
Andre Russell | 13 | 222 | 31.71 |
Players | Matches | Runs | Average |
Travis Head | 12 | 533 | 48.45 |
Abhishek Sharma | 13 | 467 | 38.92 |
Heinrich Klaasen | 13 | 381 | 42.33 |
Nitish Kumar Reddy | 0 | 276 | 46 |
Aiden Markaram | 9 | 199 | 28.43 |
Players | Matches | Wickets | Average |
Varun Chakravarthy | 13 | 18 | 20.38 |
Harshit Rana | 11 | 16 | 20.75 |
Sunil Narine | 13 | 15 | 20.8 |
Andre Russell | 13 | 15 | 17.4 |
Mitchell Starc | 12 | 12 | 33 |
Players | Matches | Wickets | Average |
T Natarajan | 11 | 17 | 23.58 |
Pat Cummins | 13 | 15 | 32 |
Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 13 | 11 | 40.63 |
Jaydev Unadkat | 9 | 8 | 38.12 |
Mayank Markande | 7 | 8 | 32.37 |
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.
Sunrisers could be favorites with KKR’s last two games washed out and Phil Salt gone.
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