IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Kolkata Knight Riders Betting Tips

Sunrisers Hyderabad play host to Kolkata Knight Riders at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, with the two teams on six points each. Both of these sides need to win this game to keep their IPL campaigns alive, with the hosts having the cushion of an extra game in hand and home advantage. Lwanele Poswayo has prepared his best bets for this encounter.

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The Sunrisers won the reverse fixture by 23 runs, which was the second of their two wins from the first four matches. They had to wait a bit longer to make it three victories which only came after three losses in their last match in Delhi.

Heinrich Klaasen is fresh off scoring his maiden IPL fifty and has been SRH’s in-form batter along with Abhishek Sharma.

The Knight Riders are above the Sunrisers on the table only because of a slightly better net run rate. They don’t have happy memories of facing them earlier in the season as well, with that defeat sparking five defeats across the next six matches with only a surprise win against Royal Challengers Bangalore being an exception.

All eyes will be on the young KKR leg-spinner Suyash Sharma. Since being smashed for 44 runs off four overs in the reverse fixture, Suyash has grown from strength to strength, picking up five wickets over his next four matches – with four of those scalps being top-three batters.

Neither has covered themselves in glory recently, but Sunrisers Hyderabad have at least shown signs of a potential revival following their win over Delhi Capitals. With home advantage in their favour, back them to win at 1.80.

Key Stats

The all-time first-innings average at this venue in IPL matches is 159. This season, it’s 171.

Three of the last four IPL matches at this venue have been won by the side batting first.

An Indian batter top-scored for the Sunrisers in seven of their eight games in this IPL campaign, but the only exception came in the reverse fixture against the Knight Riders.

Kolkata Knight Riders smashed a league-high 10.44 sixes per game in this campaign, while the Sunrisers conceded a league-low 5.88 sixes per game.

Harry Brook was dismissed for fewer than 20 runs in each of the seven innings surrounding his century against Kolkata.

Mayank Markande has been alternating two wickets with none in his last five matches, bookended by two against the Capitals.

Best Bets

Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad to win at 1.80

Suggested Bet: Abhishek Sharma to score over 26.5 runs at 1.86

Value Bet: Abhishek Sharma to score 50+ runs at 3.50