Kolkata and Hyderabad clash today in the 15th season of the IPL.
The 15th season of the IPL, 2022, will be played in Mumbai and Pune, Maharashtra from the 26th of this month. So far 24 league matches have been completed. Meanwhile, the 25th league match will be played at the Brabourne Ground in Mumbai tonight at 7.30 pm.
Kane Williamson-led Sunrisers Hyderabad and Shreyas Iyer-led Kolkata Knight Riders will clash.
Hyderabad lost the opening match to Rajasthan by 61 runs and the second match to Lucknow by 12 runs. Following that, they defeated Chennai by 8 wickets and Gujarat by 8 wickets.
Ranked 4th on the points table with 4 points with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Thus, the Hyderabad team is on the verge of beating Kolkata by a hat-trick. Washington Sunder’s play is questionable due to injury. Kolkata are 6th in the points table with 6 points from 3 wins and 2 losses.
In their opening match, the team defeated Chennai by 6 wickets, Punjab by 6 wickets and Mumbai by 5 wickets. Bangalore lost by 3 wickets and Delhi by 44 runs.
Kolkata are expected to get their 4th win by beating Hyderabad. The two teams have clashed 21 times so far. In this, Kolkata team has won 14 matches and Hyderabad team has won 7 matches.
Kolkata Knight Riders:
Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Sam Billings, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, Rasik Salam, Varun Chakraborty.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (capt), Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran, Aidan Markram, Shashank Singh, Jay Suchit or Shreyas Gopal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Johnson, Umran Malik, D Natarajan.