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Kolkata Knight Riders will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in Qualifier 1 at Ahmedabad. The match is scheduled to start at 19:30 IST (14:00 GMT).

Two of the quickest-scoring teams in this IPL season, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, could deliver a high-scoring match in the first qualifier in Ahmedabad, especially if the pitch is a bouncy, red-soil track. 

Despite Phil Salt's departure from the IPL, KKR still boasts powerful hitters like Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Rinku Singh. 

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen are capable of matching or even surpassing KKR's firepower.

Team News and Impact Player Strategy

Nitish Rana is fit again and may remain in the team as an Impact Player option, replacing one of the specialist bowlers after his 33 off 23 balls against MI in Kolkata. KKR might have to decide between left-arm fingerspinner Anukul Roy and right-arm seamer Vaibhav Arora.

Probable XII:

1. Sunil Narine

2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)

3. Shreyas Iyer (capt)

4. Venkatesh Iyer

5. Nitish Rana

6. Rinku Singh

7. Andre Russell

8. Ramandeep Singh

9. Mitchell Starc

10. Anukul Roy/Vaibhav Arora

11. Harshit Rana

12. Varun Chakravarthy

SRH has been consistent with their Impact Player strategy, often subbing in one of the batters for T Natarajan. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, the young legspinner from Jaffna, has performed well in his two IPL outings and could retain his place unless SRH opts to bring back Aiden Markram for his reliable batting and offspin against a potentially left-hander heavy KKR middle order. Jaydev Unadkat is another option for his change-ups.

Probable XII:

1. Travis Head

2. Abhishek Sharma

3. Rahul Tripathi

4. Nitish Kumar Reddy

5. Heinrich Klaasen (wk)

6. Shahbaz Ahmed

7. Abdul Samad

8. Sanvir Singh

9. Pat Cummins (capt)

10. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

11. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

12. T Natarajan