IPL 2015: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders - Venue, date and predicted line-ups
Match number 19 of this year’s Indian Premier League sees an in-form Kolkata Knight Riders come up against the home team Sunrisers Hyderabad who are in need of a win. KKR will be landing at Vizag on the back of an emphatic win over the Delhi Daredevils and they would be hoping to pick two more points here. Sunil Narine hasn’t been among the wickets but showed a few glimpses of his abilities in the last two matches. If he can keep the likes of Warner and Dhawan quiet, KKR will probably have a stroll again.
On the other hand, Ravi Bopara and Warner to an extent have been the only players to have been consistent for SRH, and they need certainly need more help in order to get back to winning ways.
Venue: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Date and time: 22 April, 2015, 4:00 PM Indian Standard Time (IST)
Previous meeting: KKR won by 4 wickets
Current standings
| Position | Team | Matches Played | Matches Won | Matches Lost | Total Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RR | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | CSK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | KKR | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | DD | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | KXIP | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | SRH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | MI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | RCB | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Highest run-getters
SRH: David Warner (159 runs in 4 matches)
KKR: Gautam Gambhir (186 runs in 4 matches)
Highest wicket-takers
SRH: Trent Boult (5 wickets in 3 matches)
KKR: Morne Morkel (7 wickets in 4 matches)
Predicted line-ups
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, KL Rahul, Ravi Bopara, Naman Ojha, Ashish Reddy, Karn Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dale Steyn and Praveen Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Ryan Ten Doeschate, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine and Umesh Yadav.