As the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) gathers pace, after a rather sedate beginning, the margin of error for the teams will startto diminish. It's still early stages, however, for think-tanks to go into a huddle and take tough calls in a bid to generate favourable results.
The 8th Match of IPL 2016 will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on 16 April 2016.This match will be very interesting as both SRH and KKR are coming after losing their first match against Bangalore and Mumbai respectively.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders 2016 Match Preview
Despite Bhuvneshwar Kumar's experience and Mustafizur Rahman's excellent IPL debut against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ashish Nehra's absence due to injury has the potential to take its toll on Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling attack.
Loosing Yuvraj Singh for two weeks due to injury may cause problem to batting side for Sunrisers Hyderabad.Although skipper David Warner scored brilliant fifty but couldn’t take his team towards winning target.
The absence of Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh may disturb the combination of Team.
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On the other hand Kolkata Knight Riders have had an inconsistent start to the tournament, winning their first game against Delhi comfortably while losing their second game to the Mumbai Indians. The batting has looked good with Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey all contributing. However the middle order has been largely untested, which might hurt them.
The presence of Sunil Narine and Morne Morkel will add more efforts to Kolkata Knight Riders team as they as the best bowlers
Sunrisers Hyderabad Team Squads
Shikhar Dhawan, Ricky Bhui, Trent Boult, Moises Henriques, Abhimanyu Mithun, Siddarth Kaul,Mustafizur Rahman, Naman Ojha, Karn Sharma, Tirumalsetti Suman, David Warner, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Ashish Reddy, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Eoin Morgan, Vijay Shankar, Barinder Sran, Aditya Tare, Kane Williamson
Kolkata Knight Riders Team Squads
Gautam Gambhir, John Hastings, Jason Holder, Kuldeep Yadav, Manan Sharma, Colin Munro,Manish Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, Rajagopal Sathish, Jaydev Unadkat, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Brad Hogg, Sheldon Jackson, Chris Lynn, Morne Morkel, Sunil Narine, Yusuf Pathan,Andre Russell, Shakib Al Hasan, Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav
Venue Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
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Match Schedule
Match KKR vs SRH 8th Match,Indian Premier League
Date Saturday 16April 2016
Time 10:30 AM GMT,16:00 PM IST
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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders 2016 Broadcasting and Live Streaming Channels
| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| India | Sony Max, Sony Six, Sony ESPN |
| Africa | SuperSport |
| Pakistan | Geo Super |
| Bangladesh | Maasranga |
| Caribbean | Sportsmax |
| Bhutan | Set Max, Sony Six |
| Canada | Sportsnet |
| New Zealand | Sky Sport |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Sri Lanka | Carlton Sports Network |
| Hong Kong | PCCW |
| Middle East and North Africa | OSN |
| United States | ESPN |
| Singapore | StarHub, Singtel |
| Australia | CricketGateway.com |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
| Nepal | Sony Six, Sony Max |
| Brunei | Astro |
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kolkata Knight Riders Match Prediction
Kolkata Knight Riders have 55% winning chances over Sunrisers Hyderabad due to their combination in both Batting and Bowling line up