IPL 2020, Match 8: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Toss Report

The eighth match of IPL 2020 will see two teams – Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad – taking on each after making similar starts to their season. Both the teams started their campaign with a defeat. While Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of defending champions Mumbai Indians.

The middle-order of both the sides will be in focus. Kolkata Knight Riders’ power-packed middle-order comprising Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik and Nitish Rana failed to get going against a discipline show from the reigning champions.

The star men will be looking to get back to their usual best as the two-time champions eye their first win of the season. On the other hand, Hyderabad’s middle-order looked a bit unexperienced as the likes of Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma and Vijay Shankar crumbled under the pressure

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For the Knight Riders, the performance of their bowlers – Pat Cummins and Kuldeep Yadav – must have been a big concern too. Both the bowlers as well as batsmen from both the teams will be looking to bounce back in today’s game.

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Toss report:

Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have elected to bat first against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Playing elevens:

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (C/wk), Varun Chakravarthy, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Wriddhiman Saha, Priyam Garg, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.