Probable XI –
Kolkata Knight Riders –
Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Nikhil Naik, Pat Cummins, Kuldeep Yadav, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi
Sunrisers Hyderabad –
David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Eoin Morgan
3. Shubman Gill
4. David Warner(C)
5. Manish Pandey
6. Sunil Narine(VC)
7. Nitish Rana
8. Vijay Shankar
9. Pat Cummins
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
11. Sandeep Sharma
-David Warner has batted at an average of 43 & 32 in H2H & Venue respectively which makes him safest captain pick.
-Sunil Narine has struggled with both bat and ball against SRH but still not making him atleast VC might fire back.
-Jonny Bairstow has played only two matches against KKR and smashed 119 runs at an average of 119.
-Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken atleast a wicket against opponent so he will surely give 25 points with the bowl.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jonny Bairstow(C)
2. Eoin Morgan(VC)
3. Shubman Gill
4. David Warner
5. Abhishek Sharma
6. Sunil Narine
7. Nitish Rana
8. Mohammad Nabi
9. Shivam Mavi
10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
11. Rashid Khan
-Eoin Morgan looked in good touch in last match so expecting a big knock from him especially while chasing.
-Abhishek Sharma is the best credit saver punt as he will do the late hitting & bowl couple of overs too.
-Nitish Rana is emerged out as their best batsmen in terms of average as he has batted at an average of 25.
-Mohammad Nabi might come into XIs in place of Marsh & will be a must have especially while bowling first.
Grand League Combination –
1. Dinesh Karthik
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Eoin Morgan
4. David Warner
5. Abhishek Sharma
6. Sunil Narine
7. Andre Russell(C)
8. Mohammad Nabi(VC)
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Shivam Mavi
11. Sandeep Sharma
– Sunil Narine & Andre Russell both have struggled with both bat & ball against SRH so they might make up for it in this match.
-Sandeep Sharma & Kuldeep Yadav have taken atleast a wicket in head to head matches so they will be good credit saver to have in GL team.
-Dinesh Karthik looked in good touch in last match so he might play a saviour role in this game.