Cricket Match Predictions: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 3rd Match, Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens, 23, March 2024

Here are the Cricket Betting Tips and Fantasy Cricket Match Predictions for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 3rd Match, Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens, 23, March 2024

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Match Analyst

Pre-Match Analyst Stats Report:

In their recent T20 encounters, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad have had a competitive rivalry with KKR winning 3 out of the last 5 matches.

The top run-scorers for Kolkata Knight Riders in the last 2 years include Jason Roy, Andre Russell, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad's leading run-getters in the same period are Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Abhishek Sharma.

When it comes to the bowling department, Sunil Narine has been the standout performer for Kolkata Knight Riders, while Marco Jansen has been impressive for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The historical venue stats at Eden Gardens show high-scoring games, with an average first innings score of 185 runs and the highest first innings score reaching 235 runs.

Both teams have players in good form with the bat and ball, making it an exciting contest to look forward to in the 3rd match of the Indian Premier League at Eden Gardens.

 

Key Battles:

Mayank Agarwal vs Andre Russell: Innings - 6, Dismissals - 3, Runs = 22, Avg - 7.33

Rahul Tripathi vs Andre Russell: Innings - 6, Dismissals - 4, Runs = 38, Avg - 9.50

Squads

Kolkata Knight Riders- Shreyas Iyer (c), Vaibhav Arora, Srikar Bharat, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sunil Narine, Manish Pandey, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Sherfane Rutherford, Chetan Sakariya, Sakib Hussain, Rinku Singh, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy

Sunrisers Hyderabad- Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Akash Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Pat Cummins, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Travis Head, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Rahul Tripathi, Jaydev Unadkat, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav

 

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Sunrisers Hyderabad

Who will win?- Kolkata Knight Riders

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders), Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Varun Chakaravarthy (Kolkata Knight Riders), T. Natarajan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Most Sixes – Rinku Singh (Kolkata Knight Riders), Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Player of the Match- Venkatesh Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders)

Team Scores Batting first – Kolkata Knight Riders 170+, Sunrisers Hyderabad 160+

Match Handicap: Kolkata Knight Riders

 

*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

 

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