Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) eye a hat-trick of wins as they tackle SunRisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on the Eden Gardens. After struggling a defeat of their first recreation of the season, KKR discovered two unlikely heroes in two matches to get their marketing campaign up and operating. First, it was Shardul Thakur‘s storm with the bat that took a star-studded Royal Challengers Bangalore unexpectedly because the tempo bowling allrounder’s 29-ball 68 led KKR to their first win of the season, a dominant 81-run victory. Then the low-profile Rinku has turn into the flavour of the season after pulling off the best heist in T20 historical past by scoring 31 runs within the final over to win a match.

Here’s what we expect may very well be KKR’s enjoying XI vs SRH:

KKR have tried out completely different opening mixtures within the three matches to date and it’s more likely to be modified once more towards SRH. England opener Jason Roy and Bangladesh batter Litton Das may very well be shipped straight into the enjoying XI.

They are more likely to change Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Andre Russell. Gurbaz has appeared promising to date, however may very well be sacrificed to make manner for the skilled. Russell, however, had a troublesome time final season, and is but to hit the bottom operating to date.

Meanwhile, Narayan Jagadeesan could don the wicketkeeping gloves. In the middle-order, Venkatesh Iyer and Nitish Rana shall be joined by the explosive Rinku Singh. A win for KKR, presently positioned third, could take them to the highest of the desk.

Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur will add extra depth to KKR’s batting whereas Umesh Yadav and Lockie Ferguson will spearhead the tempo assault. Varun Chakravarthy would be the lone specialist spinner for the two-time champions.

KKR Predicted XI vs SRH: Jason Roy, Litton Das, N Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakravarthy

(With PTI Inputs)