Sunday, 26 May KKR vs SRH Match Prediction, Betting Odds and Tips

Key match factors – KKR vs SRH  

• Mitchell Starc has struck form at the right time for KKR and his role, especially with the new ball, will be of high confidence.
• Travis Head is amongst the runs and he needs to fire for the Sunrisers at the top.
• Sunil Narine and Varun Chakravarthy are expected to dominate on a spin-friendly surface at the Chepauk.
• Teams should bat first since the pitch at the venue is only expected to get slower.

Match Preview

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face each other in the Final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Sunday, May 26. The MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai will host the contest.

The Knight Riders, led by Shreyas Iyer, have been in stupendous form in the tournament. Under their new mentor Gautam Gambhir, who already has 2 IPL titles to his name, the Men in Gold and Purple have hardly put a foot wrong. After topping the league phase, they defeated the Sunrisers by 8 wickets in the Qualifier 1 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Mitchell Starc set the tone for KKR after he castled the in-form Travis Head. Thereafter, he dismissed Nitish Reddy and Shahbaz Ahmed in the same over. From there on, KKR did not allow the Sunrisers to get a foothold back into the contest. KKR did not miss Phil Salt as Rahmanullah Gurbaz did not disappoint while opening the batting. Later, Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas scored fifties to take KKR past the finish line.

The Sunrisers, in the meantime, looked a tad nervous against KKR, but responded brilliantly after beating Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 36 runs at the Chepauk. Heinrich Klaasen, who has been in scintillating form, scored 50 runs off 34 balls and helped his team set the Royals a stiff target of 176 to chase down.

RR huffed and puffed their way to scoring 139 for 7. Dhruv Jurel scored an unbeaten 56 off 35 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes, but his efforts went in vain. Shahbaz Ahmed was the standout bowler for SRH after he finished with figures of 4-0-23-3.

Head-to-Head Record Kolkata Knight Riders vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Predictions

The Sunrisers and the Knight Riders have faced each other 26 times since their first meeting back in 2013. KKR are leading their opponents 17-9 for the time being. At the Chepauk, the Knight Riders lead SRH 1-0. In their previous meeting, KKR beat the Sunrisers by 8 wickets in Ahmedabad.