SRH vs KKR, IPL 2021 HIGHLIGHTS: Kolkata Beat Sunrisers By 10 Runs, 100th Win For KKR
Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad lock horns in their openeing matches. The head-to-head analysis of KKR vs SRH favors the team from Bengal as they have won 12 out of 19 matches played so far between the two franchisees.
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The third match of IPL 2021 will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders from 7:30 pm today at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. This is the first match of both the teams in this season, hence, both teams will try their best to start their campaign with a win. KKR and SRH both have overseas captains in the form of Eoin Morgan and David Warner, respectively.
Both teams are heavy on their bowling. KKR has a lot of spinners while SRH has a lof of fast-bowlers in their arsenal. Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling attack has been strengthened by the return of fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar. At the same time, the team already have star T20 bowlers like Rashid Khan, Jason Holder and T. Natarajan.
This time in the IPL, no team would have a home advantage as all the matches would be played at neutral venues. The fixtures are designed as such that no team requires to travel a lot. This is due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions.
The match will be played in MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai which has a history of favoring the batsmen. Even a score in excess of 200 could be chased here. It will test the likes of Rashid and Narine but the conditions at Chidambaram Stadium would help the spinners especially in the second innings of the match. So the captain who would win the toss will most likely field first.
SRH won the toss and choose to bowl first in Chennai!
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: D Warner, W Saha, M Pandey, J Bairstow, V Shankar, M Nabi, A Samad, R Khan, B Kumar, S Sharma, T Natarajan
Knight Riders Playing XI: S Gill, N Rana, R Tripathi, E Morgan, D Karthik, A Russell, P Cummins, S Al Hasan, H Singh, V Chakravarthy, P Krishna
Stay tuned for further updates related to Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad: KKR Win By 10 Runs!
Well, that's it from us here today. Hope you enjoyed the match today just like we did. Nitish Rana's 80 and Prasidh Krishna's four wickets sealing the deal for KKR in their first match. But plenty of positives to take ahead for SRH. Rashid Khan's bowling, Manish Pandey's resilliance and Abdul Samad's arrival. VVS Laxman will take notes from todays match and better the team's performance the next time.
This takes us to the closure of match 3!
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Good opening win for KKR!
SRH couldn't score quickly at the end of the 2nd innings. Abdul Samad perhaps could have come ahead of Mohammed Nabi and Vijay Shankar.
KKR Vs SRH: That's It! KKR Win
Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. Manish Pandey was the lone warrior with Bairstow in the chase.
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