Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to retain their position at the top of the VIVO IPL 2018 standings when they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 14 April. SRH, who are visiting KKR, emerged victorious in both their matches of this season. They opened their account with a convincing win over the Rajasthan Royals and followed it up with a thrilling last-ball win against the Mumbai Indians on Thursday night. The performance of the bowlers been a crucial factor in SRH’s success in these early days; twice in a row now, the SRH bowlers have successfully pulled the reins on the opposition and restricted them to modest totals, which the SRH batsmen have subsequently chased down. SRH have five quality bowling options, and even the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the previous match was not felt much.
Head to Head (KKR vs SRH)
Overall: Matches – 12, Kolkata Knight Riders won – 8, Sunrisers Hyderabad won – 4
At the Eden Gardens: Matches – 5, Kolkata Knight Riders won – 5, Sunrisers Hyderabad won – 0
Only KKR had more win over SRH in the IPL.
IPL Trivia (SRH vs KKR)
1. Pacer picked up 10 wickets (economy 8.54), while the spin bowlers collected 3 wickets (economy 9.50).
2. Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan and Shakib al Hasan have been an integral part of the Kolkata Knight Riders in the last few seasons; in this match though, they will walk out of the visiting team dressing room, having been signed up Sunrisers Hyderabad at the IPL Player Auction 2018.
3. Sunil Narine needs 3 more wickets to reach the 100 IPL wickets milestone.