IPL 2025 | Today’s Match Prediction, KKR vs SRH – Who Will Win?
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will play a rematch of last season’s final match in the IPL 2025 season on Thursday, 3 April. The match will be played at the Eden Gardens from 7:30 P.M. IST.
SRH WON THE TOSS AND ELECTED TO BOWL FIRST.
Key Takeaways
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have seen massive turn in tide after their 286 runs vs RR. SRH scored 190 and 163 in their next matches and lost vs LSG and DC respectively.
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lost the match single-handedly against Royal Challengers Bengaluru the last time they played at the Eden Gardens.
- KKR batters have struggled so far in the IPL 2025 season while the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers have been leaking the runs. Both have their very own issues.
- KKR have the massive advantage of 19-9 in head-to-head over SRH. They have also won 8 out of the last 10 matches, including 4 in a row prior to this match. This also includes KKR getting the better of SRH 3-times in IPL 2024.
KKR vs SRH: Match Preview
Recent Form (Last 5 Matches)
KKR: W, W, L, W, L*
SRH: W, L, W, L, L*
Kolkata Knight Riders: Preview
- Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have so far had mixed start to the season in IPL 2025. The 3-times champions have won once and lost twice this season.
- KKR’s batting woes have been completely visible this season. There has been no consistency as Quinton de Kock failed in the 1st and 3rd match but scored match winning 97. Ajinkya Rahane too have had good starts but failed to convert to big score.
- The major trouble for KKR in the IPL 2025 has been their middle-order. Despite a good start vs RCB, the middle-order collapsed while it won’t be wrong to call KKR’s batting as brainless vs MI. Only young Angkrish Raghuvanshi has been a positive.
- Varun Chakravarthy was hit for whopping 43 runs vs RCB but recovered brilliantly vs RR and MI, taking 2 wickets vs RR and was economical vs MI.
- Andre Russell has not been able to replicate the kind of performance he is known for. The Caribbean giant has batted in 2 innings and scored only 9 runs. Rinku Singh too has been a flop with just 29 runs.
- On the pace bowling front, Vaibhav Arora took 3 wickets in 2 matches while Harshit Rana got 2 wickets vs RR. Andre Russell to chipped in with 2 wickets vs MI, but they have been really inconsistent, taking most wickets when the opposition team has a good start already in the powerplay.
Playing XI: Quinton De Kock, Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.
KKR Top Players
Ajinkya Rahane
KKR captain Ajinkya Rahane looked in great touch the last time KKR played RCB at the Eden Gardens. Rahane is a great hitter of pace bowling and SRH have great number of pacers. Rahane scored 56 runs off 31 balls vs RCB. He will be looking to bring the momentum back for the hosts after what has been so far a batting debacle.
Varun Chakravarthy
Varun Chakravarthy didn’t have a great outing at the Eden Gardens the last time vs RCB conceding 43 runs. But he has since gone on to do really well, taking 2 wickets vs Rajasthan Royals and then bowled economical spell vs Mumbai Indians. Varun is not the kind of bowler who batters can take lightly and he will be looking to bounce back once again, at home after the RCB show.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Preview
- It has not been a great to the season for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) either. Despite a big win vs Rajasthan Royals, they have now lost back-to-back matches leading to their last season’s final match opponent KKR.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad once again displayed their aggressive batting in their first match of the season vs RR posting 286 runs in 20 overs and won the match by 44 runs. But since then, they have been very inconsistent where LSG got them restricted to 190 and then Delhi Capitals bowled them out for 163 runs, losing both the matches.
- SRH’s batting has been great on flat tracks of the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad, but outside the side has struggled where there is some kind of help available for the bowlers. This SRH batting line-up can either score 270 on a regular basis or get bowled out for less than 200.
- There isn’t much to shout about the Sunrisers Hyderabad pacers. Despite having the likes of Mohammed Shami, captain Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, the pacers have conceded huge runs. Harshal has been the only consistent performer with 3 wickets in 3 matches for SRH.
- The only spin bowler in the team, Rahul Chahar has been leaking the runs. He has played 2 matches this season and has taken 2 wickets, conceding over 40 runs in both the matches. Zeeshan Ansari, who was introduced in the previous match vs DC, although he took 3 wickets, he also conceded 42 runs.
- Despite having some really good bowlers in the team, the side has failed to defend their totals. First, they conceded 242 runs to RR after scoring 286 while failed to defend 190 vs LSG and 163 vs DC, which signifies that they can score, but they also concede a lot.
Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (C), Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami and Simarjeet Singh.
SRH Top Players
Ishan Kishan
Watch out for Ishan Kishan in this match-up. The Sunrisers Hyderabad batter has a great record at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Ishan has scored 106 runs in 3 matches at this venue in the IPL and 141 runs in 4 matches in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The wicketkeeper batter must be disappointed with his performance so far. After scoring a century in the first match, his next scores are 0, 2. This would be a great match to get back to rhythm.
Mohammed Shami
This will be the homecoming for Bengal state team pace bowler Mohammed Shami, who is very well aware of the conditions at the Eden Gardens. It has not been the greatest start to the campaign for the India pacer having picked 2 wickets in 3 matches, he is such kind of bowler who can take advantage of the KKR batting woes. The right-arm quick has taken 16 wickets in 14 matches at the Eden Gardens with economy rate less than 8.
Head-to-Head
| Teams | KKR | SRH |
|---|---|---|
| Matches Played | 28 | 28 |
| Won | 19 | 9 |
| Lost | 9 | 19 |
| No Result | 0 | 0 |
KKR vs SRH: Pitch, Toss & Weather Reports
• Pitch & Toss Update – There has been several controversy surrounding the Eden Gardens surface not supporting the home team KKR. It was a batting surface vs RCB which didn’t please KKR who lost the match. And now with all the pressure on the pitch curator, there is all the likelihood that the spin might be bit spin friendly. There is significant dew factor at this venue, which will play the match into the chasing team’s hand. So the team that wins the toss, should opt to bowl first.
• Weather Report – According to AccuWeather, the weather is likely to be mostly sunny and warm. There is also some cloud cover likely but that is not likely to play any spoilsport as the probability of precipitation is between 1-3%.
KKR vs SRH Betting Tips
- KKR suffered a major defeat vs Mumbai Indians in Mumbai while Sunrisers Hyderabad were beaten by Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam and they have now lost 2 matches in row.
- KKR holds a significant head-to-head advantage having won 19 out of 28 times. The defending have also not lost against SRH in the last 4 matches, including beating them 3 times last season.
- KKR batters have been hugely inconsistent, many raising question over their style of play. The form of Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh would be crucial for KKR as they have so far looked out of colour.
- SRH on the other hand, have a destructive batting line-up, that has been inconsistent too. But the likes of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan holds the keys to the success for SRH in this match-up.
- SRH pacers have struggled, but when they are set to take on the struggling KKR batting line-up, they would certainly feel a lot more confident for a much improved performance.
- Looking at the recent performance of both the sides, both the have struggled recently, but KKR seem to find it really difficult with bat and ball. They take on a destructive batting line-up that they thwarted thrice last season. But, recency bias is currently in favour of Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- However, you cannot rule out KKR completely. In-case the pitch turns out to be a spin friendly surface, then there is none better than KKR spinners to exploit it.
Bet on Sunrisers Hyderabad to WIN.
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