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Kolkata: Back home after two successive away defeats, Kolkata Knight Riders will be hoping to revive their fortunes when they take on a consistent yet sloppy Sunrisers Hyderabad in their IPL 6 match on Sunday.
The defending champions began their campaign on a winning note against Delhi Daredevils but failed to sustain the momentum against Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
In their last match against the Bangalore outfit, they were handed a royal thrashing with Chris Gayle scoring a devastating 50-ball 85 not out.
Gambhir's men will be keen to put behind that nightmare and get back to winning ways. The playing XI may see some changes.
Well aware of Sunrisers' batting frailty, the Knight Riders would expect their pace spearhead, Brett Lee to come back into contention, replacing the lacklustre Ryan McLaren.
'Mystery spinner' Sunil Narine will once again be the key man at the slow Eden track as the Windies off spinner would look to bamboozle the weak Sunrisers batting with his guile.
On the other hand, the Sunrisers may not boast of a star-studded line up but in world's fastest bowler Dale Styen, who is partnered by Ishant Sharma, and Amit Mishra chipping in with his crafty leg spin, have a disciplined bowling attack.
Steyn has been in ominous form and has an economy of 4.73 in the shortest format, while Mishra (5.68) too has done well and is expected to exploit the Eden conditions.
The Sunrisers so far have punched over their weight as they have managed to beat Pune Warriors, Royal Challengers Bangalore (in Hyderabad) and Delhi Daredevils.
Teams from:
Kolkata Knight Riders: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Manvinder Bisla, Jacques Kalis, Yusuf Pathan, Manoj Tiwary, Eoin Morgan, Rajat Bhatia, Ryan McLaren, Pradeep Sangwan, Sunil Narine, Laxmipathy Balaji, Brendon McCullum, Brad Haddin, Ryan ten Doeschate, Sachithra Senanayake, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sarabjit Ladda, Debabrata Das, Iqbal Abdulla, Mohammad Shami Ahmed.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kumar Sangakkara (captain & wk), Akshat Reddy, Amit Mishra, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharrma, Ashish Reddy, Biplab Samantray, Cameron White, Chris Lynn, Dale Steyn, Darren Sammy, Dwarka Ravi Teja, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Nathan McCullum, Parthiv Patel (wk), Prasant Padmanabhan, Quinton de Kock, Sachin Rana, Shikhar Dhawan, Sudeep Tyagi, Thalaivan Sargunam, Thisara Perera and Veer Pratap Singh.
Match facts
Sunday April 14, 2013 (day/night)
Start time 16:00 local (1030 GMT)
