The 2nd game of the Saturday double-header of the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will see the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) host the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the iconic Eden Gardens on March 23. 

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The match is scheduled for 7:30 PM IST and will be broadcast on the Star Sports Network, while viewers can also catch it for free on the Jio Cinema app.

KKR vs SRH: Predicted XIs:

KKR Predicted XI

Bat 1st: Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora

Bowl 1st: Phil Salt, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora

Impact player options: Ramandeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Harshit Rana

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SRH Predicted XI:

Bat 1st: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat

Bowl 1st: Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (C), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat

Impact player options: Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad

Eden Gardens pitch report:

The pitch at Eden Gardens is expected to strike a balance between bat and ball. Pacers may benefit from some seam movement and extra bounce, while batsmen are likely to take advantage of the short square boundaries and lightning-fast outfield. Fans can anticipate a high-scoring match, with the toss-winner likely to opt to bowl first.

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KKR vs SRH: Squads:

Kolkata Knight Riders: Philip Salt(w), Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer(c), Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Sunil Narine, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy, Manish Pandey, Srikar Bharat, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Anukul Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Sherfane Rutherford, Vaibhav Arora, Dushmantha Chameera, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Sakib Hussain, Suyash Sharma

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Jaydev Unadkat, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Maharaj Singh, Nitish Reddy.