Shreyas Iyer: Feel fantastic (talking about his recovery from back injury). I have been training well and played a few games as well.
Pat Cummins: We gonna have a bowl, wicket looks pretty good. Jansen, Klaasen and Markram are the other three.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to field
Toss time: Cummins calls tails and it comes down as "tails"
Pitch Report | Ian Bishop and Brian Lara: "The outfield looks tremendous, weather conditions are absolutely perfect. The dimensions - 67 metres and 62 metres square, 75 metres straight down the ground. It's not a big ground. I see a lot of runs, this surface is an even surface. There's a little tinge of grass on it but brown grass. This is an absolute belter for the batters and I expect to see a lot of runs on this surface. Any hope for the bowlers? Last year, the average first innings score was 193 and wrist spinners had a little bit of say. In both line-ups, I see a lot of experienced bowlers and they have to go to that experience to protect their figures. No team that bats first should feel comfortable with a score of over 200."
JUST IN: Phil Salt and Mitch Starc have been handed their KKR caps in the huddle.
Change of captain, change of luck?
Skipper's back: After a back injury ruled Shreyas Iyer out of IPL 2023, KKR struggled for consistency and finished 7th the previous season