The excitement of cricket lovers is going to double on the second day of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). Double header matches will be played on Saturday in IPL 2024. Punjab Kings will face Delhi Capitals in the first match on Saturday. Apart from this, Kolkata Knight Riders will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second match. This match will be played at the Eden Garden ground in Kolkata. In this third match of IPL 2024, Kolkata Knight Riders seem to have the upper hand.
head to head statistics
If we talk about head to head statistics between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, then KKR has the upper hand. So far in the history of IPL, both the teams have faced each other 25 times. During this period Kolkata has won. Kolkata has won 16 out of 25 matches. Apart from this, Hyderabad won 9 matches. In such a situation, Hyderabad team will make every possible effort to win today. But based on the statistics, Kolkata's victory seems certain.
Last season's performance
Talking about the performance of Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023, both the teams have clashed twice. In the 19th match of the 16th season, Hyderabad defeated Kolkata by 23 runs. Kolkata defeated Hyderabad by 5 runs and avenged last season's 47-match defeat.
This could be the playing-11 of both the teams
11 Playing against Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer, Phil Salt, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Suyyash Sharma. Impact Player- Manish Pandey.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing-11
Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins (captain), Umran Malik, Mayank Markandey. Impact Player- Rahul Tripathi.