Sunday’s double header in IPL 2019 starts with a clash between the Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Eden Gardens Kolkata.
Kolkata Knight Riders
The Knight Riders finished third on the log in 2018 and made their way through the eliminator before losing to the Sunrisers in the second qualifier for the final. They won 8 and lost 6 of their matches in the regular season including victory in each of the last 3 to force their way into the play offs.
In the outright betting markets the Knight Riders have been trading at around 11/2 to win the tournament.
Squad: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, P Krishna, Rinku Singh, Nikhil Naik, Joe Denly, Shrikant Mundhe, Carlos Brathwaite, Sandeep Warrier, Anrich Nortje (injured), Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj, KC Cariappa
Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Sunrisers were the most consistent side in the round robin stage in 2018, winning 9 of their first 11 matches to scoot clear at the top before taking the foot off the pedal in losing the last 3. The stall in their momentum didn’t help in the play offs as they lost the first qualifier to the Super Kings. They recovered to beat the Knight Riders in the second qualifier but went down in the final to CSK by 8 wickets.
In the outright betting markets the Sunrisers have been trading as favourites at around 9/2 to win the tournament.
Squad: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Basil Thampi, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Jonny Bairstow, Martin Guptill, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan
Head to Head
Matches 15, Knight Riders wins 9, Sunrisers wins 6
Last season the Sunrisers won by 5 wickets in Kolkata and the Knight Riders took revenge with a 5 wicket win in Hyderabad. When the teams met in the play offs in Kolkata the Sunrisers came out on top by 14 runs.
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Match Result
Knight Riders 17/20
Sunrisers 19/20
Note: Prices correct at the time of posting but are subject to change
Betting Angle
This looks a tough call as although the stronger bowling unit would appear to rest with the Sunrisers camp, KKR have some very dangerous customers in their ranks. There is some inexperience in the Knight Riders bowling unit and that sways us towards the Sunrisers hitting 19 runs or more in 1 of their overs.
Bet: Away Team (Sunrisers) Highest Total Runs Scored in a Single Over,...., over 18.5 at 17/20
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