SRH vs KKR: Why is Umesh Yadav Not Playing Today’s Match IPL? Check KKR Playing 11

In an important news development, the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will once again miss the services of their premier fast bowler Umesh Yadav for their 10th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) being played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Things have not panned out in an ideal manner for the Kolkata Knight Riders in this edition of the Indian Premier League as they have ended up conceding a total of 6 losses and managed to win just 3 matches so far. KKR desperately need to come up with an improved performance both with the bat and ball.

SRH vs KKR: Why is Umesh Yadav Not Playing Today’s Match IPL?

Unfortunately, the Kolkata Knight Riders will not have their frontline pacer Umesh Yadav part of the KKR playing 11 for today’s SRH vs KKR match. Incidentally, the senior Indian pacer sustained a hamstring injury before the last game against Gujarat Titans and is still not available for selection due to same issue. Umesh’s performance in the ongoing IPL 2023 season has not been upto the mark so far as he has taken just a single wicket from as many as 8 games at an expensive economy rate of close to 10. The Kolkata Knight Riders team management played right-arm pace bowler Vaibhav Arora in the side in the previous match against Gujarat Titans.

KKR Playing 11

1. Jason Roy
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
3. Venkatesh Iyer
4. Nitish Rana (C)
5. Rinku Singh
6. Andre Russell
7. Sunil Narine
8. Shardul Thakur
9. Harshit Rana
10. Vaibhav Arora
11. Varun Chakravarthy

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Umesh Yadav IPL 2023 Price

The Kolkata Knight Riders picked veteran Indian pacer Umesh Yadav at a price worth INR 2 Crore during the IPL 2022 mega auction. He has taken as many as 16 wickets from 12 games at a fine economy rate of less than 8 in IPL 2022 after which the Kolkata Knight Riders retained Umesh for IPL 2023 season.

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