SRH vs KKR Playing 11, IPL Match Today: What combination will Cummins & Rahane go for? Check predicted XI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face off in their final match of the Indian Premier League season tonight at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.
With both teams already out of the playoff race, the result will not affect the standings but offers an opportunity to close the campaign with a win and assess plans for next year.
KKR and SRH last met in the final of the 2024 IPL, where Shreyas Iyer's KKR dominated Pat Cummins-led SRH. This time, the match carries little at stake except bragging rights and a potential sixth-place finish. While SRH enters the game on the back of a 42-run win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru, KKR has not played since May 7 and had their match against RCB washed out.
SRH vs KKR: Head-to-Head
In their IPL rivalry, Kolkata Knight Riders have had the upper hand against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Out of the 29 matches played between the two sides, KKR have won 20, while SRH have managed to win 9.
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IPL Match today: SRH vs KKR Playing 11
Kolkata Knight Riders Predicted Playing XI:
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Venkatesh Iyer
Impact Substitute:
Quinton de Kock
Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI:
Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Harshal Patel,
Nitish Kumar
Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis
Impact Substitute:
Harsh Dubey
SRH vs KKR Squads
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Luvnith Sisodia, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Anrich Nortje, Spencer Johnson.
SRH:
Pat Cummins (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Smaran Ravichandran, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga.
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