Former Indian participant Virender Sehwag urged Kolkata Knight Riders to both play Aaron Finch or Sam Billings of their upcoming match in opposition to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday (Might 14).
KKR suffered a large setback after tempo bowling all-rounder Pat Cummins was dominated out of IPL 2022 owing to a hip damage.
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KKR senior tempo bowler Umesh Yadav sustained a calf pressure and missed the final two matches in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) and Mumbai Indians (MI).
Within the match in opposition to MI, KKR performed Cummins, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Tim Southee as their 4 allotted abroad slots within the crew.
Cummins’ damage vacates a spot for one abroad participant within the crew for the remaining two video games in opposition to SRH and LSG.
Finch, Billings, Mohammad Nabi and Chamika Karunaratne are the choices obtainable at KKR’s disposal.
KKR vs SRH: KKR can usher in Aaron Finch or Sam Billings: Virender Sehwag
Finch has scored 86 runs in 5 matches this season with the best being 58 in opposition to Rajasthan Royals within the first leg.
However, Billings performed six video games and gathered 99 runs at 19.8 together with his final look was made in opposition to Gujarat Titans.
In the meantime, Nabi and Karunaratne are but to discover a recreation in IPL 2022 for the two-time IPL winners.
Sehwag reckoned Billings to switch Cummins within the enjoying XI in opposition to SRH to bolster KKR’s batting within the middle-order.
“If Umesh Yadav is match or even when KKR play one other Indian pacer as a substitute of Cummins, they will usher in Aaron Finch or Sam Billings because the fourth abroad participant. I don’t assume they may drop Ajinkya Rahane,” Sehwag stated on Cricbuzz.
“After a very long time, Rahane and Venkatesh Iyer gave KKR a very good begin within the final recreation. So the opening duo is prone to keep.
“However I really feel somebody like Billings will come into the middle-order if Cummins is changed by an Indian bowler. They should strengthen their batting, which isn’t working,” he added.
KKR will play in opposition to SRH in a must-win recreation on Saturday on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune. A loss for the Shreyas Iyer-led crew will finish their faintest hopes of qualifying within the playoffs.
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