Kolkata vs Hyderabad MyTeam11 Prediction, Player Stats, Pitch Report, MyTeam11 Team for Today’s Match | Indian T20 League
Published on: May 14, 2022 12:38 pm IST|Updated on: May 14, 2022 12:40 pm IST
- Match: Kolkata vs Hyderabad, Indian T20 League
- Date: 14th May, 2022
- Time: 07:30 PM IST
- Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune
As the race to the playoffs intensifies, the teams in the Indian T20 League 2022 are putting up a performance of lifetime. Kolkata and Hyderabad will battle it out in the 61st of the most coveted T20 tournament across the globe.
After winning 5 straight matches, Hyderabad is currently looming in the bottom half of the points table. The Orange Army has the potential and winning the tournament is nothing new to them. However, the team has to devise better plans for their upcoming match against Kolkata
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Kolkata
Kolkata recently defeated their fierce rival, Mumbai. The men in purple convincingly beat the 5-time title winner with their balanced batting and bowling units. Opener Venkatesh Iyer finally found his rhythm in the last match and hit 43 runs off just 24 balls. His innings consisted of 4 sixes and 3 fours.
Nitish Rana held his ground and scored a much-needed 43 runs off 26 balls. However, star players like Andre Russell, Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane didn’t perform in the last match. Throughout the tournament, Iyer delivered with the. Overall, the batting lineup has been wobbling since the start of the tournament. Evidently, the batting division suffered in the last match again. Apart from the aforementioned players, the rest of the batters did nothing to put on runs on the board.
The bowlers did well in the last match against the former Indian T20 League winner, Mumbai. Pat Cummins did a tremendous job with the white bowl in his hand. In the span of 4 overs, he took 3 important wickets for the team, and gave away just 22 runs. Furthermore, Andre Russell contributed his bit and took 2 wickets.
Hyderabad
After winning 5 matches in a row, Hyderabad lost some matches back-to-back. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson was a huge hit. However, in the last few matches the two of them have lost their touch again. The batters of Hyderabad have done some over-the-top things throughout the tournament and the fans are still expecting the team to outshine all the other teams.
In the match against Delhi, Hyderabad had to chase the humongous total of 207 set by Delhi. Unluckily, Abhishek Sharma and Kane Williamson got out after contributing just 11 runs in total. It was the collective effort of Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran that kept the Orange Army in the game but eventually the efforts went in vain. Nicholas Pooran found his rhythm in the last match when he hit 62 runs which constituted 6 mighty sixes.
Youngster Umran Malik’s lethal pace has become the talk of the town this season. Earlier this season, Malik bowled a delivery of 157 kph, fastest delivery of the Indian T20 League 2022.
Pitch Report & Conditions
The wickets at MCA Stadium are known to be batting friendly initially, but also provide assistance to quality spin bowling. And going by the record, the chasing team has an advantage on the wickets at MCA Stadium in Pune. The day is going to be very hot with temperature rising up to 39 degrees C at the end of March, but is expected to get cooler in the nights with temperature reducing as low as 19 degrees.
Here are the MyTeam11 Fantasy Tips for the match between Kolkata vs Hyderabad
Probable Playing XI:
Kolkata
Ajinkya Rahane, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Pat Cummins, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy
Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for Kolkata vs Hyderabad MyTeam11 Team:
Keeper – 1
Batsmen – 4
All-Rounders – 3
Bowlers – 3
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for Kolkata vs Hyderabad MyTeam11 Team:
Keeper – 2
Batsmen – 3
All-Rounders – 2
Bowlers – 4
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