Preview: The upcoming match of the current IPL 2024 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) is set. At the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, May 21, both teams will square off in the tournament’s first qualifier. After becoming the first team in the competition to earn a spot in the playoffs, KKR will try to secure a victory in order to advance to the season’s championship game.
SRH, on the other side, advanced to the postseason as the third team. In their last league game against Punjab Kings, the team captained by Pat Cummins won by four wickets. After their victory, they moved up to the second spot in the rankings, giving them the opportunity to face the
Indian Premier League 2024, 1st Qualifier match, IPL 2024, KKR vs SRH
Venue: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 21, 7:30 PM
Pitch Report: Pitchers and hitters alike will have a fair amount of difficulty on the Narendra Modi Stadium surface. This surface gives pace and bounce to the pitchers as well as help hitters by allowing them to score freely. Oddly enough, the teams that have opted to chase have won all five of the games that have been played here. In the upcoming match, the team that wins the toss will probably choose to field initially.
PROBABLE XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande
