The Indian Premier League(IPL) has reached its final point. After so many thrilling matches, record sixes and innings, the final match is now knocking on the door. Shyers Iyer’s Kolkata Knight Riders will face Pat Cummins’ Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final match at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the best balancing sides in this Season. They have a depth batting line, effective all-rounders and two excellent spinners. KKR is looking for their third trophy while SRH wants to win the second one after being seven years of trophyless.
KKR reached the final three times and won it two times in 2012 and 2014, while they lost in 2021. Sunrisers Hyderabad went final in 2016 and lifted the trophy for the first time in their history.
Pat Cummins, who won the ODI World Cup in India and now he is looking for another one today. SRH is a top side when it comes to batting. They have a powerful batting line like Travis Head, scoring 567 runs at a 192-strike rate so far, and Abhishek Sharma, scoring 482 runs at a 207-strike rate, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and many more.
Chennai Pitch traditionally supports Spinner, so KKR can be happy while the two attacking spinners Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy. SRH also have Shahbaz Ahmed who can be vital on Cheanni Pitch.
KKR Predicted XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy
Impact Player: Vaibhav Arora/Anukul Roy
SRH Predicted XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev UNadkat, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Impact Player: T Natarajan
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