Published: Apr 16, 2016, 03:20 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 16, 2016, 03:05 PM (IST)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will square-off in Match 8 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 on Saturday at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. KKR are currently at the third position in the points table. They have played two games winning and losing one each. SRH, on the other hand are at the extreme bottom of the table. They lost against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 45 runs in the fourth match of IPL which was played on April 12. SRH batted well in the match but their bowling let them down. They gave away 227 runs to RCB after inviting them to bat first. In reply, SRH could only score 182 runs. LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2016, Match 8 at Hyderabad
Talking of KKR, they won their first fixture against Delhi Daredevils (DD) convincingly by nine wickets. However, they lost their second match which they played against Mumbai Indians (MI) by six wickets. Both the teams have some star performers in their ranks. SRH have a strong top-order with David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan opening for them. They have a stron pace bowling attack in the form of Ashish Nehra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mustafizur Rahman. They also have the services of batting all-rounder Karn Sharma. KKR will open with Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa in high probability. Having Manish Pandey, Andre Russell and Yusuf Pathan makes their middle-order pretty strong. Piyush Chawla, John Hastings, Kuldeep Yadav and Brad Hogg are their major bowlers. Batting all-rounder Suryakumar Yadav and hard-hitting batter Colin Munro are expected to bat in the lower-order.
