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The last double header (two matches a day) will be played today of the 18th of IPL. In the second match of the day, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). The match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi from 7:30 pm.
Both teams will be face to face for the second time in the season. In the last match, Kolkat defeated Hyderabad by 80 runs. The KKR and SRH playoff races have already been out. Kolkata Points Table is 7th and Hyderabad at number 8.
At the same time, Gujarat Titans (GT) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the first match of the day. The match will begin at 3:30 pm at Gujarat’s Home Ground Narendra Modi Stadium.
Preview of second match …
Match details, 68th match KKR vs SRH date- 25 May Stadium- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Time: Toss- 7:00 PM, Match Start- 7:30 PM
Kolkata ahead in head to head
A total of 29 matches have been played between Hyderabad and Punjab in the IPL. 20 Kolkata won while Hyderabad won in 9. At the same time, both teams clashed at the Eliminator of the 2016 season at Arun Jaitley Stadium, when Kolkata lost by 22 runs.
Rahane Kolkata’s top batter
Captain Ajinkya Rahane has been the most successful batter of the team for KKR. He has scored 375 runs in 12 matches. During this, Rahane has also installed 3 fifty. Most of the wickets for the team have been taken by mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. He has taken 17 wickets from the economy of 7. After him, Vaibhav Arora took 16 wickets and Harshit Rana has taken 15 wickets.
Abhishek scored the most runs for Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma is the highest tax maker for Hyderabad. Has scored 407 runs in 13 matches. Abhishek scored 34 runs against RCB in 17 balls in the last match. During this time three sixes were installed. Harshal Patel is at the top in bowling.
Pitch report Arun Jaitley Stadium’s pitch will be excellent for the batsmen. Being a small ground, players apply big shots. A total of 95 IPL matches were played at this stadium. The first batting team won 45 matches and the first bowling team also won 49 matches. 1 match was also inconclusive. The highest team score of the ground is 266/7, which was made by Sunrisers Hyderabad against Delhi last year.
Weather report The weather of Delhi will be clear on Sunday. There is only 5% apprehension of rain. The temperature will be around 28 to 37 degrees.
Possible Playing 12 Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishaan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Henrik Klassen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhinav Manohar, Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Ishaan Malinga, Harsh Dubey.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Sunil Naren, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi/Manish Pandey, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Enrich Norte/Spencer Johnson.