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Probable XIs
Kolkata: Rahmanullah Gurbaz* (wk), N Jagadeesan, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell*, Sunil Narine*, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson*, Varun Chakaravarthy
Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook*, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram* (c), Heinrich Klaasen* (wk), Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Pitch Report
Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
(Based on last three competitive T20s)
1st innings average score: 199
2nd innings average score: 171
Wickets per innings: 6
Type: Good for batting
Wins
Batting 1st: 67%
Batting 2nd: 33%
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Rinku Singh generated the 30-run bonus in five of the last 10 matches for Kolkata. During this period, he also grabbed nine catches.
Rahul Tripathi is Hyderabad’s top run-getter (521) since 2022, generating 100 points through boundaries. At the Eden Gardens, he has 140 runs in three matches against Kolkata.
Nitish Rana often finds a way to reward fantasy players at the venue. He has scored 492 runs at 31, grabbed seven catches, and picked five wickets.
No player has smashed more sixes at the venue than Andre Russell (63). Overall, he has collected 700 runs at 37, bagged 28 wickets, and pouched 10 catches.
Sunil Narine also enjoys playing in Kolkata, where he has scalped 58 wickets and scored 339 runs in 46 matches. However, he has picked just 15 wickets in 21 matches against Hyderabad.
Umran Malik is Hyderabad’s highest wicket-taker (26) since 2022, generating an average of 38 points per game. During this period, he has never gone wicketless in the second innings.
Fazalhaq Farooqi (six wickets) and Marco Jansen (seven wickets) featured in the Best11 in three of the last four matches.
In night matches, Aiden Markram has smashed 795 runs at 42 in 27 innings. He has also scalped five wickets and pouched 10 catches.
Washington Sundar has scored 40 runs and gone wicketless in eight of last 12 matches for Hyderabad.
Harry Brook scored 98 runs in the last ten innings.
Top-order batters scored a century and three half-centuries in the last three matches at the venue, while spinners bagged 44% of the wickets.
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