KKR vs SRH Dream11, IPL 2024 Match 3: Prediction, Predicted Playing 11 and Squads as Starc and Cummins lock horns

KKR vs SRH Dream11, IPL 2024 Match 3: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will kick off their IPL 2024 campaign against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, March 23.

Both the teams failed to qualify for the playoffs last year, and would be eyeing a good start to the IPL 2024 season. SRH finished at the bottom, managing to win just four of their 14 matches. KKR finished at seventh after winning six matches.

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Shreyas Iyer is back to lead KKR after losing the last season due to a back injury. Pat Cummins, who led Australia to 2023 World Cup title triumph, will be seen leading SRH.

The match will also witness Travis Head in action for Hyderabad and Mitchell Starc sending down thunderbolts for Kolkata. Starc was bought for Rs 24.75 crore, making him the costliest ever player in the history of the IPL.

KKR vs SRH IPL 2024 Squads

KKR Squad IPL 2024: Philip Salt (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Anukul Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain, Suyash Sharma

SRH Squad IPL 2024: Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Jaydev Unadkat, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Nitish Reddy

KKR vs SRH Dream 11 Prediction IPL 2024 - Team 1

Wicket-keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Heinrich Klaasen

Batter: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Travis Head

All-rounder: Glenn Phillips, Andre Russell,

Bowler: Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Captain: Shreyas Iyer, Vice-captain: Glenn Phillips

KKR vs SRH Dream 11 Prediction IPL 2024 - Team 2

Wicket-keeper: Heinrich Klaasen

Batter: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Travis Head, Nitish Rana, Aiden Markram

All-rounder: Glenn Phillips, Andre Russell

Bowler: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma

Captain: Shreyas Iyer, Vice-captain: Glenn Phillips

KKR vs SRH Playing 11 IPL 2024 Match 3

KKR Playing 11 vs SRH: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma

SRH Playing 11 vs KKR: Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (C), Washington Sundar, Umran Malik/T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande

KKR vs SRH Head-to-Head

Matches: 25

KKR Won: 15

SRH Won: 9

Tied: 1

PBKS vs DC Head-to-Head At Eden Gardens

Matches: 9

KKR Won: 6

SRH Won: 4

KKR vs SRH Match 1 Prediction

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are expected to have an upper hand in their first match of the IPL 2024 at their home ground Eden Gardens on Saturday. The presence of India stars Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh and Nitish Rana make their batting unit robust. Mitchell Starc will be seen in action alongside other overseas stars like Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. KKR also have two very handy spinners in Varun Chakravarthy and Suyash Sharma.

SRH will be under their new captain Pat Cummins who wants his team to play aggressive cricket from the start. But the plan would be difficult to execute at Eden Gardens where Hyderabad have won just three times.