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Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kolkata Knight Riders will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 15th match of IPL 2025 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Both teams are struggling at the bottom of the points table, with one win and two losses each. SRH have a slightly better net run rate of -0.871 compared to KKRβs -1.428. Both teams are coming into this match after defeats in their previous games.
KKR have dominated SRH in recent head-to-head encounters, winning 4 of the last 5 matches. They won twice each while batting first and chasing. In overall IPL history, KKR have 19 wins against SRHβs 9 wins. KKR also defeated SRH in all 3 clashes in IPL 2024, including the final.
Eden Gardens has historically favoured teams with strong spin attacks and middle-order. Both teams will look to improve their performances to avoid falling further behind early in the tournament.
Harshal Patel has consistently been a key wicket-taker against KKR in previous IPL seasons, making him a strong contender to take over 1.5 wickets in this match.
The betting tip is...
Harshal Patel - Over 1.5 wickets
72 %
28 %
Kolkata Knight RidersSunrisers HyderabadQuinton de Kock will be KKRβs key batter, having scored 102 runs in three matches. However, 97* of those came in one innings. Captain Ajinkya Rahane has 85 runs at a strike rate of 160.37, including one fifty. Angkrish Raghuvanshi has 78 runs at a strike rate of over 140.
Sunil Narine, who missed the second match due to illness, will be crucial at the top alongside de Kock to counter SRHβs new-ball attack. Rinku Singh and Andre Russell will handle the finishing duties in the middle order.
In bowling, Varun Chakravarthy and Vaibhav Arora have taken 3 wickets each. Russell and Harshit Rana have 2 wickets each, while Spencer Johnson and Narine have 1 each. Russell & Narine have taken 23 and 14 wickets respectively against SRH in the past IPL matches.
Narine, De Kock and Russell are the key players.
Predicted Lineup: Sunil Narine, Quinton de Kock (wk), Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Travis Head will be SRHβs key batter having scored 136 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 191.54. He is the third-highest run-scorer in the league. Abhishek Sharma has struggled scoring just 31 runs in three matches.
Aniket Verma follows with 117 runs at a strike rate of 205.26. Ishan Kishan has maintained a strike rate of 203.77, while Heinrich Klaasen has batted at 184.00. SRHβs batting approach is aggressive, but it comes with high risk.
In bowling, Zeeshan Ansari took 3 wickets on debut in the last match, matching Harshal Patelβs tally from 3 matches. Pat Cummins, Simarjeet Singh, Mohammed Shami, and Adam Zampa have taken 2 wickets each. Abhishek Sharma has also bowled occasionally.
Head, Klaasen and Abhishek are the key batters.
Predicted Lineup: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins, Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami
Both teams are coming off losses so this will be a crucial match. KKR have dominated SRH in recent encounters, but SRH have looked more balanced in both batting and bowling this season.
Their aggressive batting lineup has multiple players contributing and same goes for their bowling unit. Abhishek hasnβt scored big yet so that could give KKR bowlers an early advantage.
Andre Russell and Harshal Patel will be the wicket-takers in this match. Russell has taken 23 wickets against SRH in past IPL matches, while Harshal Patel has 14 wickets against KKR.
KKR batters have been more inconsistent with the bat, so SRH bowlers are likely to have the upper hand in this match. Expect SRH bowlers to step up and secure a win.
