The 47th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday 4th May 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament. They had played a total of eight matches with just three wins to their name. They had lost five matches and are laying at the second position from the bottom of the points table and now they are going to face Kolkata Knight Riders in this very important match. They had already beaten KKR in this tournament and we can expect that they have the ability to win this match. Kolkata Knight Riders are the other team that had not been much impressive in this tournament. They had won three out of nine matches played in this tournament. They had lost six matches and are holding the eighth position on the points table. The position for playoff are open for everyone and both teams will try to give the best performance in this match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Kolkata Knight Riders but after that, they lost three matches in a row. They bounced back strongly and won their most recent match against Delhi Capitals with a margin of nine runs. This was a high-scoring match where the batting order of Sunrisers Hyderabad performed well. The batting order of this team is not weak at least on paper. Harry Brook and Abhishek Sharma are leading the batting order of this team with Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, and Marco Jansen but no batsmen from their side could manage to enter into the double figure. Abhishek Sharma was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 34 runs to his name on 26 balls with the help of three boundaries and one huge six. Rahul Tripathi was the other batsman who put some runs on the board. He scored 21 runs while he faced the same balls and smashed one boundary and the same huge six. Harry Brook is the leading batsman of this team and was also good in some previous matches but he failed to put some big runs on the board in the most recent match where he could manage to score just 18 runs on 13 balls and smashed three boundaries during his inning. Heinrich Klaasen and Marco Jansen scored 17 runs each while the skipper, Aiden Markram could manage to score just 12 runs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad has some best batsmen in their bench strength and we are hoping that they will give a chance to at least a couple of batters from Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Akeal Hosein, and Kartik Tyagi, and Anmolpreet Singh. The bowling unit of Sunrisers Hyderabad is also strong and but they had not been much impressive in this tournament. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is an experienced bowler who had represented team India for a decade and he had also played a lot of matches but this team but he totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament. Marco Jansen, Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, and Mayank Dagar are also available in the squad of this team but these all bowlers had not been very impressive. Many of us were expecting Umran Malik plays a leading role in the bowling unit of this team. He is a speed start and he recently joined team India where he proved his selection right but he is not shining in this edition of the Indian Premier League. Washington Sundar is another main bowler of this team who had not been good. Mayank Markande had been good in the domestic circle but he had totally failed to give the best performance in this big event of cricket he was the only bowler from their side who had some wickets to his name in the previous match. Mayank Markande picked two wickets in four overs while he was charged with 23 runs. No other bowler from their side could manage to pick any wicket.

Kolkata Knight Riders had a good start to this edition of IPL but they failed to continue the winning momentum and lost most played matches in the middle of this tournament. They won their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore with a handsome margin but they lost their most recent match against Gujarat Titans with a margin of seven wickets. The key batsmen of this team were not available right before the start of this tournament. They added Jason Roy in the playing 11 and he provided a good opening support to the batting order. He had performed well and had scored two half-centuries in three matches. He is in good form and we are sure that he will perform well in the next matches. The middle batting order of this team is strong at least on paper but had not been impressive. Nitesh Rana and Venkatesh Iyer are available to handle the middle batting order. Rinku Singh had an outstanding performance in the match against Gujarat Titans and he also had been good in the next matches. Many of us were expecting that Andre Russell and Sunil Narine will prove the main batsmen of KKR but this had not happened till now.

Kolkata Knight Riders are rich in the bowling department, especially in the spin bowling unit. Varun Chakaravarthy is the most successful bowler from their side in this tournament with 17 wickets in his account. Sunil Narine also performed well and picked 15 wickets in this edition of the IPL. Kolkata Knight Riders won their most recent match against Royal Challengers Bangalore with a margin of 21 runs. The performance of their batting order was just outstanding. They scored a total of 200 runs in 20 overs. Jason Roy proved the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 56 runs to his name on 29 balls with the help of four boundaries and five huge sixes. The skipper, Nitish Rana also performed well and scored 48 runs. He faced 21 balls and smashed three boundaries and four huge sixes. Venkatesh Iyer scored 31 runs. The bowling unit of Kolkata Knight Riders also performed well and defended the target of 201 runs. They leaked 179 runs in 20 overs. Varun Chakravarty was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side with three wickets to his name in four overs against 27 runs. Andre Russell also performed well and picked up two wickets while he was charged with 29 runs in four overs. Suyash Sharma was the other bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs against 31 runs. They had lost their match against Sunrisers Hyderabad and had to win this match at any cost.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had faced Kolkata Knight Riders in 24 matches where they had won 9 matches while Kolkata Knight Riders had also won 14 matches against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had won two out of the previous five matches played so far while Kolkata Knight Riders had also won two matches out of the previous five matches.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Sunrisers Hyderabad is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Sunrisers Hyderabad a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Sunrisers Hyderabad had already beaten Kolkata Knight Riders in this tournament
• Both teams had totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament
• Sunrisers Hyderabad has a strong batting order at least on paper
• Kolkata Knight Riders are rich in the bowling department
• Kolkata Knight Riders had won five out of seven matches played against Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad is overall a strong team when we compare with Sunrisers Hyderabad. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Sunrisers Hyderabad have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have a 56% chance to win this match
Kolkata Knight Riders have a 44% chance to win this match

The 47th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. This venue is known for having a flat and hard surface with even bounce, which generally favors batsmen. The pitch tends to be slow during the early overs of the match, but as the game progresses, it becomes easier to bat on. The spinners can also get some assistance from the surface in the later stages of the game.

The weather forecast for Hyderabad is good for this cricket match. There are some chances of rain but we are expecting a full match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Akeal Hosein, Umran Malik.

Kolkata Knight Riders: N Jagadeesan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Captain: Andre Russell
Vice-Captain: Aiden Markram
Heinrich Klaasen, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitsh Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande

• Date: Thursday, 4th May 2023
• Time: 02:00 PM GMT / 07:30 PM LOCAL / 07:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
• Location: Hyderabad, India
• Opened: 2004
• Capacity: 38000
• Known as: Visaka International Cricket Stadium Ground
• Ends: Pavilion End, North End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Hyderabad (India), Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 2
• Matches won bowling first: 2
• Average 1st Inns scores: 196
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 198
• Highest total recorded: 209/4 (18.4 Ov) by IND vs WI
• The highest score chased: 209/4 (18.4 Ov) by IND vs WI

Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, 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.