IPL 2021 KKR vs SRH head-to-head stats, records, highest run-getters, top wicket-takers, everything you need to know

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made a smashing return in the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the break blowing away Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Mumbai Indians (MI) in their first couple of games, however, their form and campaign received a couple of breaks in the last three games losing to Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings and now find themselves in a must-win situation.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), on the other hand, became the first team to be eliminated from the IPL 2021 and are playing for pride while giving a few chances to the youngsters looking for someone whom they could possibly retain before the mega-auction.

KKR have dominated SRH in their recent few meetings winning four out of five last games between the twos sides while the men in orange have won one.

Head-to-head: 20 games; KKR - 13, SRH - 7

The Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Kolkata Knight Riders have faced each other 20 times in eight seasons since 2013 when the former came into the existence. The men in purple have had the wood over the Sunrisers winning 13 games, while the Orange Army has won only 7 of those 20 encounters.

The last time these two sides met earlier this season, KKR amassed a huge score of 187 in Chennai owing to Nitish Rana's knock of 80 runs, who was ably supported by Rahul Tripathi with a fifty as they defended the score by 10 runs on a surface that slowed down as the game went on despite Manish Pandey and Jonny Bairstow's half-centuries.

David Warner leads the most runs list

Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner is the leading run-scorer in the KKR vs SRH matches with 619 runs from 2014 till now, since the time he has been with the franchise. Warner is followed by ex-Kolkata Knight Riders batter Robin Uthappa with 426 runs and left-hander Shikhar Dhawan, who was with the Sunrisers till 2018 is on third with 380 runs.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar the leading wicket-taker

Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the leading wicket-taker in the KKR vs SRH games with 20 scalps followed by former KKR pacer Umesh Yadav, who has taken 11 wickets against SRH and spinner Kuldeep Yadav is in the third place with 10 wickets.