Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad are two of the four teams in the IPL to win the title twice. KKR won the title twice under the leadership of Gautam Gambhir in 2012 and 2014, Hyderabad has won it under the leadership of Warner in 2016 and once in 2009 as Deccan Chargers.
KKR has a dismal record against SRH. In 26 games so far, SRH have won only 9 games and lost 17.
| SRH vs KKR Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Played | SRH | KKR | No Result |
| 26 | 9 | 17 | 0 |
In the last 5 games, SRH have registered win in 3 games while KKR have managed to win 2 fixtures. Both sides won their respective home games during the IPL 2019.
In KKR vs SRH IPL 2019 at Eden Gardens, the home side won the toss and elected to bowl first. SRH got an excellent start courtesy the opening stand between David Warner and Jonny Bairstow. Both added 118 runs inside 13 overs before Bairstow got out for 39 runs. Warner was joined by Vijay Shankar in the middle as the latter also contributed vital 40 runs and remained unbeaten. David Warner played a beautiful knock of 85 runs off 53 deliveries and helped post 181/3 on SRH vs KKR scorecard.
KKR lost the opener, Chris Lynn, early in the chase but the other opener Nitish Rana (68 runs of 47 deliveries) and Robin Uthappa (35 runs off 27 deliveries) added crucial 80 runs for the 2nd wicket. But it was the tornado named Andre Russell which took the game away from SRH. Russell blasted 49 runs off 19 deliveries including four 6s to complete the chase with 2 balls to spare. KKR registered a 6 wickets win over SRH.
In IPL SRH vs KKR at Hyderabad, SRH won the toss and invited KKR to bat first. KKR were off to a flyer owing to Sunil Narine (25 runs of 8 deliveries) and Chris Lynn (51 runs), but after the departure of Narine, they could not get going. They lost wickets at regular interval and could only manage 159/8 in 20 overs. Khaleel Ahmed picked up 3 wickets in 4 overs giving away 33 runs.
The chase proved to be a cakewalk for SRH as the openers came out all guns blazing. Warner and Bairstow added 131 runs for the first wicket in 74 deliveries. While David Warner scored 67 runs off 38 deliveries, Jonny Bairstow remained unbeaten at 80 runs off 43 deliveries. He completed the chase alongside Kane Williamson to complete a 9 wickets win over KKR with 5 overs to spare.
| LAST 5 ENCOUNTERS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Played | SRH | KKR | No Result |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
David Warner is leading the batting charts for SRH against KKR with 553 runs in 12 innings at a strike rate of 152.72. Kane Williamson follows Warner at the 2nd position in the list of active run-scorers for SRH with 168 runs in 7 innings. Jonny Bairstow has jumped to the 3rd place after amassing 119 runs in 2 innings at a strike rate of 152.56. Vijay Shankar caps-off the list with 62 runs in 2 innings.
Nitish Rana is the top run-getter for KKR against SRH among the current players, with 126 runs in 5 innings. He is followed by Andre Russell 102 runs in 8 innings at a strike rate of 164.52. Sunil Narine and Dinesh Karthik are next with 98 runs and 71 runs respectively.
| TOP 4 BATSMEN (among current players) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Innings | Not out | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | |||||||
| 1 | DA Warner | 12 | 0 | 533 | 44.42 | 152.72 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | KS Williamson | 7 | 1 | 168 | 28.00 | 126.32 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | JM Bairstow | 2 | 1 | 119 | 119.00 | 152.56 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | V Shankar | 2 | 1 | 62 | 62.00 | 151.22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Innings | Not out | Runs | Average | Strike Rate | 100s | 50s | |||||||
| 1 | N Rana | 5 | 0 | 126 | 25.20 | 132.63 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | AD Russell | 8 | 1 | 102 | 14.57 | 164.52 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 3 | SP Narine | 8 | 1 | 98 | 14.00 | 166.10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | KD Karthik | 5 | 1 | 71 | 17.75 | 112.70 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has bagged 19 wickets against KKR in 15 innings. Siddharth Kaul is behind Bhuvi with 8 wickets in 6 innings for SRH. Leggie Rashid Khan has also managed 7 wickets in 8 innings while Khaleel Ahmed has managed 3 wickets in 2 innings against KKR.
The mystery spinner from the Caribbean Sunil Narine is the top wicket-taker for KKR against SRH. The off-spinner has scalped 12 wickets in 17 innings and is followed by the Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav who has 10 wickets in 8 innings against his name. Andre Russell finds a place among the current top bowlers with 6 wickets in 8 innings. Prasidh Krishna has also picked up 4 wickets in 3 innings.
| TOP 4 BOWLERS (among current players) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Innings | Wickets | 5w | 4w | ||||||||||
| 1 | S Kaul | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Rashid Khan | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | KK Ahmed | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Sandeep Sharma | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Player | Innings | Wickets | 5w | 4w | ||||||||||
| 1 | SP Narine | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Kuldeep Yadav | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 3 | AD Russell | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 4 | M Prasidh Krishna | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||