October 03: SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) have won the toss and elected to bat vs Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 49 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.
Both teams made one change in their playing XI, for KKR Shakib Al Hasan has replaced Tim Seifert while for SRH Umran Malik is making his IPL debut. Kolkata are one of the four teams who with 10 points and aiming for a top-four finish.
Hyderabad are at the bottom of the points table and out of the tournament as they won just two off their 11 games this season. KKR, who are fourth in the points table, have two more games left in their campaign this year and, in order to qualify for the playoffs, need to win both matches with a better net run-rate.
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