SRH vs KKR tip-off XI: Marco Jansen likely to replace Akeal Hosein, Roy in for David Wiese, Umesh Yadav to miss out again

IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are all set to host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the 47th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Sunrisers are now in second-to-last place in the points table after winning just three of their first eight games. After losing their previous three games, they defeated the Delhi Capitals in their last outing. With nine games under their belt, Kolkata Knight Riders, on the other hand have just three victories.
SRH vs KKR Head to head stats: There have been 24 games between the two teams so far. While SRH has won nine games, KKR has won 15. KKR has defeated SRH in three of the last five meetings.
With both teams desperate to add two points to their credits, tonight’s game from Hyderabad promises to be an exciting contest.
Here are the playing XI tip-off for SRH vs KKR:
Marco Jansen to replace Akeal Hosein
After experimenting several times with their line-up, the hosts finally seem to have a stable playing XI. However, one change is anticipated ahead of tonight’s clash against Kolkata – SRH might replace Akeal Hosein with Marco Jansen.
Jason Roy in for David Wiese
Explosive England batter Jason Roy, who missed the last game owing to an injury, could feature in tonight’s game, if he’s fit. The batter will most likely replace David Wiese if that happens.
Umesh Yadav to miss out
Umesh Yadav will continue to sit out for KKR due to fitness concerns. For tonight’s game, the spin trio of the visitors will cons of Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, and Varun Chakravarthy.
SRH vs KKR Pitch Report: Over the past three days, Hyderabad has experienced occasional showers. On Thursday, cloudy skies are anticipated. This suggests that the playing surface, which has been covered for the majority of the tournament, may contain some dampness that fast bowlers could take advantage of. As a result, spinners have had a little bit better results this season at this location than fast bowlers, who have had an economy of 7.70 and strike rate of 19.3, as opposed to 8.18 and 19.7, respectively, for fast bowlers.
SRH vs KKR Predicted XI:
SRH (Probable XI): Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (C), Harry Brook, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik
KKR (Probable XI): Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma
SRH vs KKR Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akeal Hosein, Umran Malik, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, Samarth Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Adil Rashid, Kartik Tyagi, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nitish Reddy
Kolkata Knight Riders Squad: N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, David Wiese, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Mandeep Singh, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Kulwant Khejroliya, Vaibhav Arora, Aarya Desai