IPL 2015: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will host David Warner led Sunrisers Hyderabad in a crucial match 38 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. Both the teams are quite even and their standing in the league table can explain you why. KKR are on the 4th position with 9 points followed by SRH on 5th with 8 points. Numbers favour KKR as they have won 3 times between their 5 meets but SRH had the last laugh in the first leg battle of the current season.
Here are all the match details:
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Date: May 4, 2015, 8:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
Previous meeting: SRH won by 16 runs (D/L method) at the ACS-VDCA Stadium, Vishakapatnam
Current standings
| Positions | Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RR | 11 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | CSK | 9 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | RCB | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | KKR | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | SRH | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | DD | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | MI | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | KXIP | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Top run-scorers
KKR: Robin Uthappa (246 runs in 8 matches)
SRH: David Warner (378 runs in 8 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
KKR: Morne Morkel (9 wickets in 5 matches)
SRH: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (11 wickets in 8 matches)
Predicted line-ups
KKR XI: Robin Uthappa (Wk), Gautam Gambhir (Captain), Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan ten Doeschate, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Pat Cummins, Brad Hogg, Umesh Yadav
SRH XI: David Warner (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Naman Ojha (Wk), Hanuma Vihari, Eoin Morgan, Moises Henriques, Ashish Reddy, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Trent Boult