Sports Desk.In IPL 2024 Qualifier-1, the match between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad will be played today at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The team that wins this match will directly enter the finals, while the losing team will have a chance to reach the finals through Qualifier-2.
In such a situation, today both the teams will play with the intention of booking a ticket to the finals. Changes can be seen in the playing eleven of both teams today. A new opener will replace Phil Salt in KKR today. Talking about Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), due to Phil Salt joining the national team, they will have to fill the place of the second opener i.e. Sunil Narayan’s partner.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz can be used as an opener in place of Phil Salt because he also bats hard from the beginning like Salt. Apart from this, there is no possibility of any other change in the team. Vaibhav Arora can play as an impact player. At the same time, when bowling first, either Rinku Singh or Venkatesh Iyer can sit out.
Probable playing XI of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR):
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.
Probable playing eleven of Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mayank Markande.