Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Tim Siefert/Shakib Al Hasan, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy
Sunrisers Hyderabad –
Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Priyam Garg/Manish Pandey, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Wriddhiman Saha
2. Shubman Gill
3. Nitish Rana
4. Jason Roy
5. Kane Williamson
6. Jason Holder(C)
7. Venkatesh Iyer(VC)
8. Sunil Narine
9. Varun Chakravarthy
10. Tim Southee
11. Rashid Khan
– Jason Holder and Venkatesh Iyer looks safest C/VC choices considering their full time All-rounder role.
– Expecting Shubman Gill to go big in this match especially while batting first.
– Can take Rahul Tripathi at the place of Nitish Rana especially while batting second.
– Expecting atleast decent fantasy points from Tim Southee as he might get some initial movement from the surface.
– Varun Chakravarthy hasn’t gone wickeless against the opponent in last four innings which makes him a must pick.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Wriddhiman Saha
2. Kane Williamson
3. Jason Roy(C)
4. Shubham Gill(VC)
5. Nitish Rana
6. Jason Holder
7. Venkatesh Iyer
8. Varun Chakravarthy
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
10. Rashid Khan
11. Shivam Mavi
– Jason Roy and Shubman Gill might be good C/VC choices at this batting favoured surface.
– Expecting atleast a couple of wickets from Bhuvneshwar Kumar especially while bowling first considering his strike rate of 17 in 22 H2H innings.
– Shivam Mavi might be a decent pick as he’s getting to bowl in death overs for Kolkata.
– Rashid Khan can be another good C/VC choice especially while bowling second.
– Nitish Rana can be tried as C/VC in 10-20 members league especially while chasing.
Grand League Combination –
1. Wriddhiman Saha
2. Eoin Morgan(VC)
3. Shubham Gill
4. Kane Williamson(C)
5. Jason Holder
6. Abhishek Sharma
7. Shakib Al Hasan
8. Sunil Narine
9. Varun Chakravarthy
10. Rashid Khan
11. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
– Kane Williamson looks an open captain choice in GL considering his good numbers at venue and H2H matches.
– Eoin Morgan might be a decent VC choice as he has averaged approx 50 in 8 innings at the venue.
– Abhishek Sharma can be a decent GL pick considering his middle order batting and a couple of overs with the bowl.
– Shakib Al Hasan can be another good pick as he’s expected to come at the place of Tim Seifert in XIs of this match.
– Must try Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Sunil Narine as C/VC in atleast 2-3 combinations of GL.