Fantasy Cricket Tips for SRH Vs KKR– Match #3 of IPL 2021

If you read our previous predictions you would have seen that we were quite bang-on with most of the predictions and team suggestions for the fantasy cricket league. We predicted that CSK should choose to bat first and they did, we predicted that their score will be around 180 and they scored 188. Our Fantasy Cricket Tips for choosing Rishabh Pant over MSD worked, same goes for choosing Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina.

So if you followed our advice then you must be one of the happier lots. Want tips for SRH Vs KKR match? Here we go with our standard format of insights and recommendations.

SRH vs KKR Match Preview

Venue: MA Chidambram Stadium, Chennai
Time: 7:30 PM IST on 11-Apr-2021

This is the first match in this IPL season where both teams are equals as far as their past record goes. We are expecting some good cricket and a tense finisher. There is, obviously, no in-person attendance so stick to your television sets or buy a Disney Hotstar subscription to enjoy the live-action.

Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders have won an IPL title in the past in 2016 and 2014 respectively. KKR picked up some good talent in the auction this year. Hopefully, that will help them end their jinx of bad performances over the past couple of seasons. The highlight was the costliest purchase of Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib-al-Hasan for a whopping 3.2 crores. Under Eoin Morgan’s captaincy, they could be an entirely different team.

Sunrisers, on the other hand, performed well in the last season and have a stable team. As a matter of fact, they have been a very consistent team in the past few seasons. Their highlight buy in this Feb 2021 IPL auction was Kedar Jadhav who was released by CSK. With David Warner in the driving seat, SRH will prove to be a goliath for KKR. Players like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma and Wridhiman Saha will make it very tough for KKR to win this match

This match can go either side but we are more inclined towards a win for SRH because they are an established team that has found comfort with each other. KKR will need time to rebuild the team coordination and confidence to overcome the pressure of past failures.

This is how they have performed Head to Head in the past.

From the above table, it appears that KKR has an advantage over SRH, but SRH has been more consistent than the KKR team. That is exactly what makes this match so interesting. It’s a match where the result will probably hang in the balance till the last over.

The playing XI

So, first things first – you need to be absolutely sure of the playing XI before you choose your team. Here are the 11 most probable players from each team that will be playing.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Shubman Gill, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Rana, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (WK & VC), Shakib-al-Hasan, Andre Russell, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Varun Chakravarthy, Harbhajan Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Kedar Jadhav, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (VC), Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan.

Pitch Report

The pitch at Chepauk is spinner-friendly even though it didn’t seem to turn much in the MI vs RCB match 2 days back. However, bowlers like Rashid Khan and Harbhajan Singh don’t really need a favorable pitch to work their magic. Our estimation of the score is between 150 – 160 as both sides have a good bowling attack and this pitch doesn’t favor batsmen much. There will also be dew towards the second innings so whoever wins the toss is expected to prefer chasing as that will cause problems for the spinners.

Weather Report

The temperature in Chennai, around the match timings, will be in the range of 28-30 degrees celsius. However, it would feel 4-5 degrees hotter due to high humidity levels. By the second innings, the humidity levels are expected to be as high as 80%. The skies will be clear for the most part of the game. Even though it is expected to get partly cloudy towards the end of the game. Dew is certainly expected by the second innings.

Top Picks for Batsmen

• David Warner
• Shubman Gill
• Manish Pandey

Top Picks for Bowlers

• Rashid Khan
• Harbhajan Singh
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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The Wicket-keeper of choice

Dinesh Karthik has been out of form for some time and therefore to be on the safer side you should choose Wridhiman Saha.

All-rounders to focus on

• Shakib-al-Hasan
• Andre Russel
• Vijay Shankar

Captain and Vice-Captain

• David Warner (Captain)
• Shubman Gill (Vice-Captain)

That’s your full team there, almost. In addition to the players mentioned above, you might want to pick Eoin Morgan and Kamlesh Nagarkoti to complete your team.

The unique thing about fantasy cricket is that the outcome of the match doesn’t really affect the players. It is the individual performances that can make or break things depending on your team selection. Therefore it is important to choose your team carefully considering various factors.

We hope that you find these tips useful and have a good day at fantasy cricket. If you liked our content then please let us know in the comments.

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