Last year’s champion Kolkata Knight Riders, who have lost two out of three matches, and runner -up Sunrisers Hyderabad will go on the ground for the IPL match on Thursday and go on the path of victory.
Kolkata lost only three matches in the last season, but this time after losing two out of the first three matches, the confidence of captain Rahane’s team has been staggering. In this match, everyone’s eyes will be on the Eden Gardens pitch. Eden’s pitch was very criticized after a seven -wicket defeat against RCB.
There is a lot of pressure on the Bengal Cricket Association to prepare a spin-friendly pitch for the Kolkata team filled with spinners. Kolkata has experienced spinners like Sunil Naren, Moin Ali and Varun Chakraborty. According to the report, there has been a dispute over the pitch since the Eden Gardens’ pitch curator Mukherjee rejected Kolkata’s request to prepare a spin-friendly pitch for the first match. In order to ensure that the pitch is suited to spin in the upcoming matches, the president of the association Snehashish Ganguly is individually focusing on the preparation of the pitch with the curator.
Apart from the pitch, there are many questions about the combination in front of the Kolkata team. There is no continuity in bowling and batting and star players are not performing as expected. All four players released by Kolkata have performed brilliantly in the first ten days of the league.
Kolkata’s rapid attack has weakened in the absence of Mitchell Starc. Stark took five wickets for 35 runs for Delhi against Hyderabad. Spencer Johnson, who came in his place, has failed to have any effect. Enrich Nortje is out of injury. Venkatesh Iyer, who was purchased for a huge amount, has been able to score nine runs in two matches.
Retaneous players are Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Naren, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh in poor form.
Hyderabad, who scored 286 for six wickets in the first match, has not been able to reach even 200 runs in the last two matches. The strategy to bat highly aggressive is proving wrong. Pat Cummins’ team will take the field with the target of avenge the defeat from Kolkata in the last year’s final. Cummins and Mohammed Shami can prove to be dangerous on the Eden Gardens. It is Shami’s home ground in domestic cricket.
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