Indian T20 League 2024: Qualifier 1, Kolkata vs Hyderabad - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Kolkata (KOL) will take on Hyderabad (HYD) in the first qualifier of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Tuesday, May 21, at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Kolkata won nine out of 14 games and finished in first place in the points table. Hyderabad were in second position with eight wins in 14 outings.

Kolkata faced Rajasthan in their last match and elected to field before the match got abandoned due to rain. Hyderabad defeated Punjab in their last league stage match by four wickets after chasing down the target of 215 runs in 19.1 overs. 

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KOL vs HYD Head-to-Head Record: 

Kolkata and Hyderabad have played a total of 26 matches so far in the Indian T20 League. Hyderabad have won nine games out of these 26, while Kolkata have been victorious on 17 occasions. Hyderabad have won three out of the last five games against Kolkata. 

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Kolkata vs Hyderabad, Qualifier 1: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

KOL vs HYD Probable Playing XIs

Kolkata:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy 

Hyderabad:

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth  

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Narendra Modi Stadium Pitch Report 

The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches at the Narendra Modi Stadium has been 191 runs. The surface might have a lot to offer to the batters and this might be a high-scoring game. The team winning the toss might look to bowl. 

KOL vs HYD Key Player Battles

Venkatesh Iyer vs Hyderabad’s bowlers 

He has scored 45 runs in six innings against Hyderabad so far. He has the batting strike rate of 150 against Jaydev Unadkat. 

Andre Russell vs Hyderabad 

Andre Russell scored 64 runs off 25 deliveries and took two wickets in the last game against Hyderabad. He won the Player of the Match award. He has made 305 runs in 15 innings at a strike rate of 172.31 and has taken 19 wickets as well. 

Abhishek Sharma vs Kolkata’s bowlers 

He has made 127 runs in seven innings against Kolkata at an average of 21.16 and a strike rate of 130.92. He has the batting average of 39 against Sunil Narine. 

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T Natarajan vs Kolkata’s batters 

He has picked 14 wickets in eight innings against Kolkata at an average of 21.42. He has the economy rate of 3.9 against Shreyas Iyer.