Chennai : The Qualifier 1 match for the first team to qualify for the finals of the IPL series will be held today
As the league matches of the IPL series are over, the play off round for the top four teams in the points table starts today. The top two teams in the points table, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad will face each other today.
Today’s match starts at 7.30 PM at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Both these teams were the strongest teams in the series. The winning team will directly qualify for the finals to be held at the Chepakkam Stadium in Chennai.
It is to be noted that the losing team will play the winning team in the eliminator match tomorrow at the same Narendra Modi Stadium.
face to face :
These two teams have met once in this IPL series and that time Kolkata team won by 4 runs. These two teams have faced each other 26 times in the IPL series with Kolkata winning 17 times and Hyderabad winning only 9 times.
Expected XI:
Team Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (captain), Jaydev Unadgad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, D Natarajan
Kolkata team
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ringu Singh, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty.
