KKR vs SRH Highlights IPL 2022: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 54 runs

Umran Malik loses his line and length and is punished by Sam Billings. The wicketkeeper-batter hits him square of the wicket for a boundary and hits him for another one over his head. 10 runs come off the over. KKR: 129/5 (16 overs)

Natarajan keep things tight but Andre Russell smacks the bowler for a huge six in the final ball of the over. 10 runs come off the over as KKR reach 119/5 after 15 overs.

Slightly expensive by Umran Malik as he concedes nine runs in his over. KKR: 109/5 (14 overs)

With KKR running out of wickets, Andre Russell opts for an uncharacteristic approach. The powerful hitter faces five balls from Jansen and manages just one single. 

4 runs come off the over as KKR reach 100/5 after 13 overs.

T Natarajan joins the party as he traps Rinku Singh LBW with a deadly yorker. He departs for 5(6). Andre Russell joins the action and opens his account with a single. A wicket and seven runs come off the over as KKR reach 96/5 after 12 overs.

Another economical over by Washington Sundar as just 6 runs come off it. KKR: 89/4 (11 overs)

Umran Malik pitches the ball up against Shreyas Iyer and the KKR skipper opens the face of his bat and guides it straight past the bowler for a four. 

However, the contest is over soon as this time Iyer tries to flick a ball coming on his pads by Malik. However, in doing so he finds Rahul Tripathi at mid-wicket, who dives forwards to complete a sharp catch. His stay in the middle comes to end on 15 (8). KKR: 83-4 (10 overs)

Meanwhile, Washington Sundar bowls an economical over as just six runs come off it. KKR: 78/3 (9 overs)

Umran Malik strikes. The youngster bowls at a good face, forcing Nitish Rana to go deep in his crease as he tries to guide the ball on the on-side. Middles it, but the ball balloons up in the air before settling in Shashank Singh's hands, who covers a good distance from the fine leg to complete the catch. He departs after scoring 26 (16). 

Shreyas Iyer then hits a boundary in the first ball he faces before the bowler strikes again. This time it's the same fielder, who takes a brilliant catch in the deep to bring an end to Rahane's stay in the middle. The opener departs for 28 (24). 

9 runs come off the over. KKR: 72-3 (8 overs)

Ajinkya Rahane is struggling, looks in some pain. Plays the ball over the 30-yard circle but hobbles for a single against Washington Sundar. 

Rana then passes the strike back to Rahane, who then hits the spinner for another maximum over the long-on fence. 

8 runs come off the over. KKR: 63/1 (7 overs)

Rahane breaks the shackles and smashes Jansen for a six over the long-on fence. He then takes a double, before passing the strike to Rana, who upper cuts the pacer for another six in the over. 

17 runs come off the final over in the powerplay as KKR reach 55/1 after 6 overs. 

Nitish Rana welcomes T Natarajan with a couple of cracking shots. The first one is smashed for a four, straight past the bowler and then hits him for a long six over the long-on fence. 

Natarajan then bowls a dot, before Rana launches him for another six, this time over the fine leg boundary. 

18 runs come off the over as KKR reach 38/1 after 5 overs.

Marco Jansen keeps thing tight and gives just two runs in his second over. KKR: 20/1 (4 overs)

Nitish Rana joins Ajinkya Rahane in the middle as Bhuvneshwar Kumar conceds just one run in his second over. KKR: 18/1 (3 overs)

Marco Jansen starts off with a dot, before he passes the strike to Rahane. 

The bowler welcomes Rahane with a length ball, which the batter whacks for a six over the long leg boundary. He then passes the strike back to Iyer. 

Meanwhile, Jansen strikes in his final ball as he cleans up Iyer on 7. What a start for the young pacer! KKR: 17/1 (2 overs)

Venkatesh Iyer gets off the mark straightaway with a single. 

Ajinkya Rahane, on the other hand, starts cautiously, plays two dots before passing the strike back to Iyer, which include an extra in between the dots. 

Iyer takes charge and slashes a slightly pitched up ball straight past the bowler for a FOUR.

Bhuvneshwar then misses his length and bowls another wide, before Iyer gets another single after the ball takes an inside edge and goes straight to Umran Malik at fine leg. 

Nine runs come off the over.   

Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer walk in to kick-off the proceedings at the MCA Stadium in Pune. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the attack for SRH. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Kolkata Knight Riders: Venkatesh Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer(c), Sam Billings(w), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Varun Chakaravarthy

KKR: Umesh Yadav, Sam Billings return to playing XI 

SRH: Natarajan, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen also return

Kolkata Knight Riders have won the toss and opted to bat.

"The nature of the pitch has changed over the last one-and-a-half months. There is a bit of live grass. The greenness of the grass and firmness tells there will be something for the seamers. For batting, it will come onto the bat. It looks like the batsmen will have the last laugh."

The match-up between Shreyas Iyer and Bhuvneshwar Kumar is dominated by the pacer. Iyer has so far managed 44 runs in the 49 balls he has faced by the SRH bowler, which include 3 dismissals. His average is just 14.67 and the strike-rate is 89.79. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad's senior-most bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has so far maintained a good economy but has not been among the wickets. He has so far managed 10 scalps from 11 matches and will to better his performance going into a virtual do-or-die contest.

Shreyas Iyer has been Kolkata Knight Riders from the front and is the only batter from his side to amass over 300 runs in the season. The middle-order batter has accumulated 336 runs from 12 matches. 

Nitish Rana has showed good composure and the team will hope for another good outing from him. He is the second-highest run-getter from the KKR camp and has 293 runs from the same number of matches.

If we look at the recent record at the venue, nine out of the twelve times, team batting first have won the contest. 

Meanwhile, KKR also enjoy a good record, winning seven of the eight matches they've played at the venue.  

SRH, on the other hand, have just emerged victorious on one occasion in the five matches they've played here.