IPL 2018, SRH vs KKR: Kolkata to clash with the unbeaten Hyderabad; Match Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad have come victorious in both their matches in the league. Hyderabad are at the top of the points table with two wins and the best overall run rate. SRH will be visiting KKR in today's match to be played at 2000hrs(IST). The performance of bowlers has been a deciding factor in Hyderabad's victories so far. The bowling attack led by ace seamer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar has been successful in restricting the opposition teams to modest totals. I

Interestingly, with five quality bowling options, SRH did not even feel the absence of their ace bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar in the last match and steered to victory.

Whereas, KKR, among two of their matches played, have won and lost one match each. After winning their first match against RCB, KKR lost their second match to the mighty CSK even after posting the first 200 plus total on the board. Sam billings charged over the KKR bowling attack and steered CSK to victory.

The inability to defend a huge total of 200 must be a reason for concern for the KKR and would be widely discussed in Kolkata's dressing room. However, there can be no denying the fact that Billings played a rather special inning.

However, Sunil Narine has been making marks recently with his explosive knocks in the IPL. His 17 ball 50 is still on the minds of cricket fans. Narine was primarily known for his bowling performances only a few years back that has become an altogether different story. Narine-the batsman has left Narine-the bowler far behind.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Dinesh Karthik (C) (W), Piyush Chawla Tom Curran Cameron Delport Ishank Jaggi Mitchell Johnson Kuldeep Yadav Chris Lynn Kamlesh Nagarkoti Sunil Narine Nitish Rana Andre Russell Javon Searles Shivam Mavi Shubman Gill Rinku Singh Robin Uthappa Vinay Kumar Apporv Wankhade.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Kane Williamson (C), Tanmay Agarwal Khaleel Ahmed Basil Thampi Ricky Bhui Bipul Sharma Carlos Brathwaite Shikhar Dhawan Shreevats Goswami Alex Hales Mehdi Hasan Deepak Hooda Chris Jordan Siddarth Kaul Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammad Nabi T Natarajan Manish Pandey Yusuf Pathan Rashid Khan Sachin Baby Wriddhiman Saha (W) Sandeep Sharma Shakib Al Hasan Billy Stanlake.