Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are likely to retain their core lineup, though the pitch conditions could influence their selection, particularly in deciding between Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder, pacer Simarjeet Singh, or spinner Zeeshan Ansari. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will be without their fastest bowler, Anrich Nortje, as he remains unavailable for selection.

Probable Playing XIs

Kolkata Knight Riders:

1. Sunil Narine

2. Quinton de Kock (wk)

3. Ajinkya Rahane (capt)

4. Venkatesh Iyer

5. Angkrish Raghuvanshi

6. Rinku Singh

7. Andre Russell

8. Ramandeep Singh

9. Harshit Rana

10. Spencer Johnson

11. Varun Chakravarthy

12. Vaibhav Arora

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

1. Travis Head

2. Abhishek Sharma

3. Ishan Kishan

4. Nitish Kumar Reddy

5. Aniket Verma

6. Heinrich Klaasen (wk)

7. Abhinav Manohar

8. Pat Cummins (capt)

9. Wiaan Mulder / Adam Zampa

10. Harshal Patel

11. Mohammed Shami

12. Simarjeet Singh / Zeeshan Ansari