Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are set to face off at Eden Gardens on April 3 in a rematch of last season’s IPL final. While KKR won in that match to win their third title -- both teams have struggled this year and find themselves at the bottom of the table.
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Led by Ajinkya Rahane, KKR has had a mixed campaign -- bouncing back from a loss to RCB with a win over Rajasthan Royals -- only to have a batting collapse against Mumbai Indians. SRH -- on the other hand -- started with a record-breaking 286-run total against the Rajasthan Royals but lost momentum with back-to-back defeats to Lucknow Super Giants and Delhi Capitals.
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KKR vs SRH: Head-to-head
The two sides have met each other on 28 occasions. KKR have won 18 times while SRH have won 9 times.
| Matches | KKR won | SRH won | Tie/NR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
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KKR vs SRH: Expected lineups
KKR lineup: Quinton de Kock (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Moeen Ali, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR bench: Manish Pandey, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia
SRH lineup: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (capt), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Zeeshan Ansari
SRH bench: Abhinav Manohar, Jaydev Unadkat, Travis Head, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder
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KKR vs SRH: Prediction
KKR has historically had the upper hand against SRH. But this season, they seem to be missing some of their usual firepower in both batting and bowling.
Their middle order needs to step up if they want to put up a strong fight. Meanwhile, SRH has a dangerous top and middle order that can take apart KKR’s bowling attack -- especially on a batting-friendly pitch at Eden Gardens.
With their batting lineup, SRH holds a slight edge in what promises to be a close contest.
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KKR vs SRH: Betting odds
According to Dafabet, SRH are the favourites to win the match against KKR.
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