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IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad – Match Preview

The defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders will lock horns against previous season’s runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in the 15th match of the ongoing IPL 2025 on Thursday. KKR was not happy with their home curator, Sujan Mukherjee, who refused to give any home advantage to the team after Ajinkya Rahane’s request.

Thus, it would be interesting to note how the pitch would play on Thursday as KKR bowlers’ would be up against SRH’s potent batting line-up. 

On the other hand, SRH batters have misfired after posting 286 runs in the opening game against RR. They could only manage 190 runs on a featherbed against LSG whereas they were bundled out for a below-par score of 163 runs against Delhi Capitals.

SRH batting unit has followed the template of going hard throughout the innings but it would be guile for them to assess the situation if they lose wickets in cluster.

KKR have also managed a solitary win in three games as they have failed to bring their best. Ajinkya Rahane’s team was bundled out for 116 runs in the last game against Mumbai Indians and they must pull up their socks.

KKR Probable XII: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Moeen Ali, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora

SRH Probable XII: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar/Zeeshan Ansari, Adam Zampa

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Wiaan Mulder, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Zeeshan Ansari, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Eshan Malinga, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Rahul Chahar, Atharva Taide

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: Quinton de Kock(w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Manish Pandey, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Anukul Roy, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Rovman Powell, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya

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