Rajasthan Royals vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2024 Qualifier 1: Match Preview, Pitch And Weather Reports

Kolkata Knight Riders will be up against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1 of the IPL 2024, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. In the last match played by Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals, the match was abandoned. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Punjab Kings by four wickets in their last league game on Sunday. The top fantasy player for Sunrisers Hyderabad was Abhishek Sharma who scored 101 fantasy points.

Pitch Report and Weather Conditions

The pitch at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average first-innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 175 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 45% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here.

Pace or Spin?

The pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have taken 80% of the total wickets at this venue.

Weather Report

The temperature will hover around 40 degree C with 18% humidity. Winds at a speed of 6.04 m/s are expected.

Head-to-Head

In the 26 matches played between these two teams, Kolkata Knight Riders' all-rounders have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while the batters have earned the most fantasy points for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

In their previous encounter in this series, Andre Russell was the Man of the Match as he scored the highest fantasy points for Kolkata Knight Riders with 143 points while Heinrich Klaasen topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Sunrisers Hyderabad with 97 points.

Fantasy Top Captain and Vice-Captain Picks

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