It has come down to a knockout game for the Sunrisers Hyderabad as their performance level has significantly dropped despite topping the group before entering the playoffs. Their opponents in today’s Qualifier 2, Kolkata Knight Riders, are having an exactly opposite campaign and are killing off every game in style.

SRH will go into this match after a failed attempt against Chennai Super Kings, which could’ve taken them to the final. KKR, on the other hand, have eliminated Rajasthan Royals to reach here. At this point, the difference between the two in the points table will not matter as the result of only this game will matter.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

With a string of brilliant bowling displays at the start of the season, SRH batsmen had to prove a point that the team can rely on them when the need arises and they have succeeded on some occasions, but their last game against CSK was saw a poor display from the batters. They will be looking forward to turning things around while sticking to the same playing eleven.

Predicted XI: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Carlos Brathwaite, Shreevats Goswami(w), Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

Kolkata Knight Riders

The men led by Dinesh Karthik have a tough challenge ahead and a defeat here means they’ll be out of the competition. However, back-to-back wins in their last four matches have boosted their confidence and they will surely utilize it against the clinical opponents.

KKR are also unlikely to make any change in their playing eleven from the last match.