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In the overall matches played between these two sides .KKR managed to an upper hand and they have dominated the Sunrisers Hyderabad. This contest also featured some greats of IPL Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, Andre Russell, Gautam Gambhir and Mitchell Starc.
Kolkata Knight Riders have dominated the Sunrisers Hyderabad by winning 19 out 28 matches played between them .KKR have a win percentage of 67.86
PEden Gardens Kolkata is a ground on which home team Kolkata Knight Riders have a great record which have played a crucial role in them lifting the Trophy three times as they maximize their home advantage. They have done that against the Sunrisers Hyderabad as well . Kolkata Knight Riders have won 6 out of the 9 matches played at the Eden Gardens Against the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Hyderabad which is considered as a batting paradise. The flat nature of the pitch helps the batter and it is the main reason why we have seen so many high scoring games at this venue. When it comes to KKR vs SRH at this venue . The contest looks to be equal competition between these two teams. KKR have won 4 and SRH have won 3 out the 7 matches played here.
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are the teams which have been playing in IPL from a long time . Contests between these two teams have taken place on neutral places during the Covid times and also in the playoffs. At the neutral venues Kolkata Knight Riders have again dominated the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In their last five meetings Kolkata Knight Riders have won 4 of them while Sunrisers Hyderabad have won just a single game . Sunrisers Hyderabad which is considered as one of the toughest teams to beat in the current era as they have a batting powerhouse but Kolkata Knight Riders have got better of them many times and this was the reason they became champions in 2024 defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in a one sided contest in final .
Mitchell Starc have proven to be a nightmare for the Sunrisers Hyderabad batters as he dismissed their top order in both knockout games last year.
The top runs scorer in the KKR vs SRH is an IPL great David Warner who have managed to gather 619 runs against the Kolkata Knight Riders while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad. David Warner also have a century against KKR in IPL.
India’s Swing king Bhuvneshwar Kumar have the most wickets in KKR vs SRH matches .He has picked up 24 wickets against the KKR. The contest between these two teams always promises to be a high scoring affair. Being the best bowler in KKR vs SRH has to be considered as a great achievement.
In the TATA IPL final 2024 KKR vs SRH faced each other. The stakes were high as Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the final dominating the whole season whereas Kolkata Knight Riders reached finals by dominating the Sunrisers Hyderabad. While batting first SRH had a lot of hopes dependent on their two openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma . In the first over itself Mitchell Starc dismissed Abhishek Sharma and in the 2nd over Vaibhav Arora dismissed Travis Head for a golden duck and this was game set and match for KKR. After these early blows from Mitchell Starc and Vaibhav Arora, SRH never recovered and were bundled out for just 113 and couldn't even manage to play 20 overs . It looked like an easy chase to the title victory for Kolkata Knight Riders and they did the same . Crucial knocks from R Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer who scored 39(32) and 52(26) respectively. KKR lifted their 3rd IPL title and Mitchell Starc was awarded the Player of the match for his spell of 2/14(3).
2. October 18,2020 , Abu Dhabi Stadium
During the covid era when IPL was shifted to UAE . Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad faced each other in match no 35. While batting first Kolkata Knight Riders. Steady knocks from all the batters and finishing touches from Dinesh Karthik who scored 29 off just 14 balls helped KKR put up a total of 163/5 in their 20 overs on a tricky pitch. The chase was always going to be a tricky one for Sunrisers Hyderabad. After a good opening start from Johnny Bairstow and Kane Williamson who added 58 runs in the partnership . But after a good early start Sunrisers Hyderabad failed to capitalise on it and managed exactly 163 runs in their 20 overs . It was time for a super over . Lockie Ferguson was bowling the super over for KKR and David Warner got out on the first ball and Abdul Samad got out on the 3rd ball .KKR had a target of just 3 runs. Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik were the two batters for Kolkata Knight Riders and Rashid Khan was the bowler for SRH. Dinesh Karthik scored the winning runs and Kolkata Knight Riders won the game in the super over . Lockie Ferguson was adjourned Player of the match for his spell of 3/15(20).
Ajinkya Rahane(c) , Rinku Singh, Quinton De Kock, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, R Gurbaz, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali , Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora , M Markande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana , Sunil Narine , Varun Chakravarthy, Chetan Sakariya.
KKR had a decent auction and retentions. Lot of hopes were dependent on their retentions as they retained their core players but one set back they had is about their captain Shreyas Iyer, who they couldn't retain and buy back in auction as well. Their core group V Iyer , Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine will be playing for them again in this season. KKR will miss the services of Phil Salt, Shreyas Iyer and Gautam Gambhir as well.
KKR’s pace bowling can be a weakness for them as they don't have Mitchell Starc this season and a lot of things would rely on their opening pair like last year.
Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar , Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen , Travis Head , Harshal Patel , Kamindu Mendis , Abhishek Sharma , Wiaan Mulder , Nitish Kumar Reddy , Pat Cummins (c), M Shami , Adam Zampa , Rahul Chahar, Simarjeet Singh , Zeeshan Ansari , Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
SRH on the back of successful season last year have retained their core batting lineup along with the captain Pat Cummins who will be looking forward to cross the finish line this time and win their second IPL title , Addition of Ishan Kishan to the batting order have made it much more destructive, teams need to watch out if SRH gets a flat track they can definitely achieve 300 total in this season. One weakness which can be spotted is the spin bowlers of SRH they are so well equipped in terms of their spinners and this could them on slow pitches like Chennai and Lucknow.
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