Achi news desk-
Kolkata5 hours ago
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The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has started with a bang. After the opening ceremony on Friday, the first match was played between the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The first double header of the tournament (2 games in a day) will be played today.
In the first match, Punjab Kings will face Delhi Capitals in Mohali from 3:30 pm. In the second match, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders will face 2016 champions Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the story we will know about the second game…
The captains of both teams will take the lead for the first time
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) played the first match in the history of IPL in 2008. In it Brendon McCullum played an innings of 158 runs for the team. Since then the team has won the title twice in 2012 and 2014 and came second in 2021. Now the team will come under the captaincy of Shreyas Iyer, who will be managing KKR for the first time. He has captained Delhi before.
On the other hand, 2016 champion Sunrisers Hyderabad started playing IPL in 2013. Earlier, Hyderabad city team was called Deccan Chargers, which won the title in 2009 under the captaincy of Adam Gilchrist. After this, in 2016, David Warner made the team champion. Now Australian Pat Cummins will lead Hyderabad, whose shoulders are responsible for making the team a champion after 8 years. Cummins will captain the IPL for the first time.
Russell’s top wicket-taker against Hyderabad
Kolkata’s Andre Russell has taken 17 wickets against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Which is highest for Kolkata. After him, Sunil Narine has 11 wickets to his name, but for this he had to play 22 matches.
Vice-captain Nitish Rana tops the order among the batsmen. He has scored 537 runs in 15 matches. After him Manish Pandey has scored 351 runs in 14 matches. These four players can shine against Hyderabad even today.
Bhuvneshwar takes a lot of wickets against Kolkata
Hyderabad opener Bhuvneshwar Kumar has 32 wickets to his name in 27 matches against Kolkata. Which is the highest in IPL. If Hyderabad want to win today, it is very important for Bhuvi to walk. After him, Thangarasu Natarajan has taken 11 wickets in just 7 matches.
Rahul Tripathi and Mayank Agarwal are at the top among the batsmen. Both have scored 308-308 runs against Kolkata. Both also have 2-2 fifties against KKR.
Kolkata in the lead
So far 25 matches have been played in IPL between Kolkata and Hyderabad. Hyderabad won by 9 and Kolkata by 15. There was also a draw between the two.
Hyderabad’s record at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata is even worse. The team played 9 games here and could only win 3. On home soil, Kolkata have won 47 out of 81 ie 54% of matches.
field report
The Kolkata pitch is useful for spin and pace bowlers. But last season many runs were scored here. There were useful pitches for the batsmen, but it is possible that spin this time is the most prominent here. Because the home team has world class spinners like Varun Chakravarthy, Sunil Narine and Suyyash Sharma.
the weather condition
It will be hot in Kolkata on Saturday night, there is no chance of rain. Dew may fall in the second innings, in such a situation the team winning the toss will like to chase.
Possible play-11 of both teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Wanindu Hasaranga/Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umran Malik/Jaydev Unadkat.
Impact: Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz/Phil Salt (wicketkeeper), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Mitchell Starc, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora and Varun Chakravarthy.
Impact: Suyyash Sharma, Manish Pandey.
