In a piece of news that may cheer up Kolkata Knight Riders fans, Gautam Gambhir-led KKR is all set to beat David Warner-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in an eliminator match of the Indian Premier League season 1o at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on May 17, an InUth Facebook poll predicted.
InUth conducted an online poll on Facebook where we asked our followers to vote for the team which they think would win today’s game. Well, fostering excitement to all the Shah Rukh Khan fans, the poll predicted a win for KKR.
We started the poll at around 4:00 PM (IST) and just about two-and-a-half-hour later, KKR had received a gigantic 4501 votes as compared to SRH, who could only manage to fetch 2951.
For this battle, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be playing without veteran pacer Ashish Nehra who is out of the tournament due to injury, while in-form Yuvraj Singh is also doubtful for this must win game. On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders will be playing without Chris Woakes and Colin De Grandhomme.
The winner of this match will face Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (MI) on May 19 in Qualifier 2, which will decide the second participant of the final to be played on May 21. Earlier on May 16, Mumbai Indians lost the battle against the Rising Pune Supergiant by 20 runs. Rising Pune Supergiant are through to the finals.
The battle between the two giants will start at 19:30 PM (IST).