This article will discuss the probable XIs for both teams, match previews, Dream11 predictions, and the winning fantasy team for the 49th match of IPL 2021 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad scheduled to take place on the 3rd of October 2021.
Sunrisers Hyderabad became the first team to be knocked out of the tournament after they lost to Chennai Super Kings on Thursday and will now take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2nd of doubleheader games on Sunday in Dubai. The Knight Riders won the return fixture against the SRH by 10 runs in a game held at Chennai earlier this year.
SRH slumped to their 9th defeat in this IPL when they lost by 6 wickets to CSK the other night in Sharjah. It was the same story for them after they were put in to bat by CSK. Courtesy of a slow-paced 44 off 46 and cameos from youngsters Abishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, the Kane Williamson led side reached a paltry 134/7. Though the bowlers were on the mark, CSK managed to sneak through the target in the last over of the game. Jason Holder picked 3/27.
Kolkata Knight Riders received a jolt after their 5 wicket loss to Punjab Kings in their last fixture. After a great start to their batting from the likes of Tripathi, and Venkatesh Iyer, KKR failed to build on the start. As a result of some tight bowling from PBKS, the Knight Riders were restricted to 165. In the chase, KL Rahul’s half-century took the PBKS home despite quite a lot of drama in the end.
Match Details
Venue: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Pitch and Weather: Pitches in Dubai have been contrasting. While a few stayed throughout the course of the match, making run-scoring easy, the other one slowed in the 2nd innings. Pacers might get some assistance with the new ball, while spinners also will be handy. The weather is likely to be sunny with the temperature touching to the late 30s even though it is a 6.00 PM start.
Date & Time: October 3, 6.00 PM Local time, 7.30 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad had yet another poor batting performance and the experienced batters Kane Williamson, Jason Roy failed to build on the form that they had from the previous game. Also, the middle-order couldn’t do much after a poor start. However, the bowlers put in a valiant effort in their defense of 135.
Knight Riders will desperately want the middle-order players Eoin Morgan and Dinesh Karthik to step up if they are to move to the next round. They would ideally need an extra bowler and we may see Shakib getting a game.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha(WK), Priyam Garg, Kane Williamson(C), Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, S Kaul
Kolkata Knight Riders
Venkatesh Iyer, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan(c), Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan/ Tim Seifert, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Shivam Mavi, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy
Match Prediction
Kolkata Knight Riders will start as favorites in this game against Sunriser Hyderabad. They have won 3 of their 4 games in UAE so far and look set to further in this tournament.
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Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Kane Williamson and Jason Roy remain SRH’s best batters and should be part of the fantasy team. 2 top-order batsmen from KKR can be selected here. The likes of Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana have all been in good form in this leg of IPL and are expected to score the bulk of the runs for the team.
Wicket-Keeper: Wridhiman Saha is a top-order player and has regularly scored useful runs for SRH.
All-rounders: Among all-rounders, we have 2 from KKR. The recent sensation Venkatesh Iyer chipped in with crucial wickets to go along with his impressive batting display and Sunil Narine, who has had a great tournament thus far here in the UAE. Jason Holder can be the 3rd all-rounder of this team, he took 3 wickets in the last game and has been good with the bat as well.
Bowlers: Varun Chakravarthy is among the wickets for KKR and can be selected, along with Rashid Khan of SRH. The last slot can go to Shivam Mavi.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: Jason Roy, Kane Williamson, Wridhiman Saha, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Shivam Mavi
Captain – Rahul Tripathi
The KKR batsman has been in great form in this leg and is the highest scorer for his team with 349 runs from 12 games.
Vice-Captain – Jason Holder
The SRH all-rounder can be trusted to be the vice-captain of the fantasy after the performance he has had both with the ball and bat in the UAE leg.
Dream11 Team
