Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions - Rahane to roll out-of-form Hyderabad

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Ajinkya Rahane has scored 50, 26, 30 & 48 runs in his last four innings.
Ishan Kishan hit five sixes in his 48-ball innings of 94 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru.
Can Kolkata Knight Riders beat the Sunrisers to challenge for fifth place?

Ajinkya Rahane reverse-sweeps against CSK. (credit: Prakash Singh/Getty Images)

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Predictions

Both sides are out of contention for the playoffs. The two sides are well matched, but I’m backing the Knight Riders to clinch their sixth win in a row against the Sunrisers.

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Ajinkya Rahane has seven scores of 20-plus runs in his last 8 innings.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ Manish Pandey has scored 42, 30 & 36* in his last 5 innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Ishan Kishan has scored 44, 35 & 94* in his last 4 innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma has scored 74, 59 & 34 in his last 3 innings.

Head-to-Head

The Knight Riders have won the last five meetings against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Form

Sunrisers Hyderabad made it two wins in a row when they beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 42 runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad racked up 231/6 off their 20 overs. Ishan Kishan top-scored with 94* off 48 balls.

Pat Cummins (3/28, econ 7.00) led a superb bowling performance by the Sunrisers to bowl RCB out for 189 off 19.5 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team News

Sunrisers might consider playing both Zeeshan Ansari and Rahul Chahar as the Delhi pitch offers a lot for spin bowlers.

Kolkata Knight Riders Form

The Knight Riders’ two-match winning streak ended when they lost to the Chennai Super Kings by two wickets. Their last match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Ajinkya Rahane top-scored with 48 off 33 balls as the Knight Riders struggled to scored 179/6 off their 20 overs.

The Super Kings picked off the runs with two balls to spare and two wickets in hand. Vaibhav Arora (3/48) was the pick of the Knight Riders bowlers.

Kolkata Knight Riders Team News

The Knight Riders will be without Rovman Powell and Moeen Ali. Venkatesh is still recovering a hand injury and is not yet confirmed available for selection. They might look to give opener Luvnith Sisodia some game time to build his experience ahead of next season’s IPL.

Verdict

Kolkata Knight Riders v Sunrisers Hyderabad

I am backing Kolkata Knight Riders to win. I am also backing Ajinkya Rahane to top score for Kolkata Knight Riders.

Ishan Kishan is a good bet to top score for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

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