Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR’s Predicted Playing XI Against SRH, IPL 2022 Match 61

Kolkata Knight Riders will battle against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next match of IPL 2022. The Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad clash takes place on May 14 (Sunday) at MCA Stadium in Pune. KKR is led by Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2022.

The two-time IPL champions have played 12 games so far in IPL 2022. They have won 5 games and lost 7. KKR has 10 points. In their earlier encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad, KKR lost by 7 wickets. In their previous match, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Mumbai Indians by 52 runs. Here we talk about KKR’s predicted playing XI against SRH.

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Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR’s Predicted Playing XI Against SRH, IPL 2022 Match 61

Ajinkya Rahane

Ajinkya Rahane might be the opener for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. The right-handed batsman scored a slow knock of 25 runs in the last match. However, he managed to set up an opening stand of 60 runs with Venkatesh Iyer.

In 6 games so far, Rahane has scored 105 runs at an average of 17.50. As the other set of openers has already failed to bat well for KKR, they might continue with Ajinkya Rahane in the next match as well.

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Venkatesh Iyer

Venkatesh Iyer might be the opener for the team. In the previous game, the left-handed batsman played a beautiful knock of 43 runs off 24 balls. He also managed to give a good start to the batting with Ajinkya Rahane. In 10 games so far, Iyer has scored 175 runs including 1 half-century.

Shreyas Iyer (C)

Shreyas Iyer is the skipper of the team and will lead the team in the next match as well. The right-handed batsman is the top run-scorer for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022. In 12 games, Iyer has mustered 293 runs at an average of 30.54. He has also slammed 2 fifties.

Nitish Rana

Nitish Rana might be another batter for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. In 12 matches so far, the left-handed batter has piled up 293 runs at an average of 26.63 and strike rate of 137+. He has also hit 2 fifties. After Iyer, Nitish Rana has scored the most runs for KKR.

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Rinku Singh

Rinku Singh might be another middle-order batsman for the team in the next match. He has played only 5 games so far but smacked 129 runs at an average of 43.0. He remained not out in 2 innings out of 5, hitting a top knock of unbeaten 42 in one game. In the previous match too, he remained unbeaten on 23 while batting.

Sheldon Jackson (WK)

Sheldon Jackson might be the wicketkeeper for the team in the next match. Although Jackson has continuously failed to score runs for the team, his replacements too failed to score enough runs for the team. Jackson has a better keeping ability than the others and hence the team roped in once again in the playing XI in the last match. The right-handed batsman has scored just 23 runs in 5 games.

Andre Russell

Andre Russell might be the all-rounder for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. Although Russell failed to bat well in the previous game, he scalped 2 wickets while bowling. In 10 innings, the right-handed batsman accounts for 281 runs. With the ball, he has picked 14 wickets. He has shattered quickfire knocks in some games.

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Pat Cummins

Pat Cummins will be one of the pacers for the team in the next match. The right-arm pacer scalped 3 wickets in the previous game, setting up the victory for the team while defending their target. In 5 games, the Aussie pacer has hunted 7 wickets at an average of 30.28. After his wonderful bowling show in the previous game, Cummins might get another opportunity in the next match.

Tim Southee

Tim Southee might be another pacer for the team in the next match of IPL 2022. The right-arm pacer has scalped 12 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 16.25. The Kiwi pacer has also bowled at a good economy of just 7.22. In the previous game, he picked 1 wicket for 10 runs in his 4 overs.

Umesh Yadav

Umesh Yadav might be picked in the next game after missing the previous game. KKR will need a strong pace attack against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Yadav has scalped 15 wickets in 10 games at an average of 19.06. He owns an economy of 7.15.

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Sunil Narine

Sunil Narine might be the spinner for the team in the next match. The right-arm spinner has scalped 8 wickets in 12 games so far at an average of 31.37. The West Indies player owns an outstanding economy of 5.22. Narine has consistently bowled well for the team.

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