The chances of qualifying for the playoffs are looking bleak for both SRH and KKR. While Sunrisers Hyderabad is a lot better when compared to the Kolkata campaign it will at maximum get to 14 points. Sunrisers Hyderabad could well go to 16 points but their negative NRR is hurting them.
However, the returns of Washington Sundar and Natarajan might surely boost their morale. Though returning expensive, SRH is going to back up Umran Malik for sure. Kolkata Knight Riders on the other side will miss the services of Pat Cummins who flew back to Australia following a hip injury.
Here’s the probable playing XI of both the teams.
KKR: Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson/Sam Billings, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakravarthy
SRH: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik.
