Nitish Rana, the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, determined to bowl first towards the Sunrisers Hyderabad on the Eden Gardens on Friday after successful the toss. The beginning lineup for KKR hasn’t modified, nonetheless, Washington Sundar has been changed by Abhishek Sharma for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Knight Riders are at present in third place within the factors standings after successful two of their first three video games. The Sunisers began the season with two losses earlier than selecting up their first win of the yr towards the Punjab Kings of their earlier match.
Why is Washington Sundar not taking part in right now?
Washington Sundar didn’t have a lot bowling to do on this match. He has not been bowling within the powerplay nor contributing a lot with the bat. Therefore he’s changed by younger Punjab batter Abhishek Sharma.
Abhishek Sharma has been part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for the final 2-3 years and is a really thrilling younger expertise. He’s wonderful towards spin and is simply among the many handful of batters to take down Rashid Khan. With Harry Brook opening within the final innings and his struggles towards spin, Abhishek would possibly play within the center order to deal with the spin trio of KKR.
What did the captains say on the toss?
Aiden Markram: Comfortable both manner. Would have regarded to bowl, that’s the pattern. It is a high-scoring wicket, so completely satisfied to get runs on the board. Good to get a win, and right now is a recent begin. Hopefully, we will do effectively. One change, Abhishek Sharma is available in for Washi Sundar. I don’t suppose we’ll set a goal, it is advisable have a look at the pitch after which reassess. No matter we get we’ll strive our greatest to defend.
Nitish Rana: We’ll bowl first. We’ve been practising right here and there was dew. Maintaining in thoughts, we need to chase. Similar XI for right now.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Enjoying XI)
Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Kolkata Knight Riders (Enjoying XI)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy
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