KKR take on SRH as home in IPL 2018 Qualifier 2 on Friday.
Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will be aiming to exploit Sunrisers Hyderabad's recent run of poor form when the two teams square off in what promises to be a high-octane second Qualifier of the Indian Premier League on Friday.
While KKR ticked all the boxes during the business end of the tournament with four wins on the trot, table-toppers Sunrisers have slipped after finishing on top of the league table.
Call it complacency or the lack of performance from their middle-order, Sunrisers have lost four straight games, something that will be a cause of concern for Kane Williamson's brigade.
Arguably the best bowling attack in the tournament with Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul and Sandeep Sharma delivering consistently along with the immensely talented Rashid Khan, Sunrisers will like to extract whatever juice is available from the Eden Gardens track.
But with the momentum strongly in favour of Dinesh Karthik and Co who will also heavily bank on home advantage, it will need a special effort from the Kane Williamson-led side to stop the Kolkata juggernaut and return to winning ways.
Both teams won each in the round-robin league. Since their defeat at home, Kolkata have come a long way and won in Hyderabad. The winners will face CSK in the IPL-11 summit clash in Mumbai on May 27.
KKR v/s SRH Head-to-Head
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have faced each other 14 times so far. While SRH have won five of those games, KKR have triumphed on nine occasions.
KKR v/s SRH Expected Playing XI
SRH Probable XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Carlos Brathwaite, Shakib Al Hasan, Shreevats Goswami, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.
KKR Probable XI: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav.
KKR v/s SRH Prediction
Sunrisers Hyderabad have been on slide after being the first to qualify for the play-offs. KKR on the other hand have won their last four games and also have the home advantage. It looks like CSK v/s KKR for the final.
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