Sunrisers Hyderabad will count on extra consistency from their top-order after they host Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League match in Hyderabad on Thursday. Both groups are languishing on the backside of the desk and one other loss will put a critical dent of their play-off qualification possibilities. Getting Abhishek Sharma again to open labored within the earlier recreation for Sunrisers and now they are going to be hoping their different opener, Mayank Agarwal, to seek out some fluency. The batting as a complete has not clicked for Sunrisers and subsequently it’s not a shock they discover themselves in a determined scenario within the second half of the event.

While Agarwal is hanging at an underwhelming 110 on the prime, quantity three Rahul Tripathi will not be faring any higher both. Skipper Aiden Markram too wants to guide from the entrance and Harry Brook, regardless of scoring 100, has failed in majority of the video games.

He is again within the center order and the administration will probably be hoping that he finds some rhythm.

All-rounder Washington Sundar being dominated out of the IPL as a consequence of harm is an enormous blow to Sunrisers.

Pacer Umran Malik has the worst economic system price among the many bowlers and has solely taken 5 wickets in seven video games, contributing to the crew’s woes.

KKR too would expect extra fluency from their batters as they appear to get their marketing campaign again on monitor after six defeats in 9 video games.

They have been discovered wanting in all three departments of the sport, one thing that was talked about by skipper Nitish Rana after the loss to Gujarat Giants.

“In crucial games and against top oppositions, you need to do all the basics well in all the three departments of the game,” he had stated.

Rana has not proven the consistency that’s anticipated of him whereas N Jagadeesan has struggled on the prime. Both Jason Roy and Rahmanullah Gurbaz have proven good kind on the prime however the administration can solely play certainly one of them.

The tempo bowlers leaking runs has additionally been hurting KKR. All-rounder Andre Russell and Shardul Thakur have conceded greater than 10 runs per over. Harshit Rana did nicely in his first recreation and is more likely to begin once more.

The spin trio of Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine and Suyash Sharma has been efficient however want assist from the quick bowlers.

Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Mandeep Singh and Jason Roy.

Sunrisers Hyderabad:Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein and Anmolpreet Singh.

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