Welcome to the coverage of the 38th match of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata on Sunday.

A top-heavy Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to tame an Andre Russell-reliant Kolkata Knight Riders in a high pressure clash.

Both teams have eight points though SRH have played one match less.

Sunrisers snapped their three-match losing streak with a win over table leaders Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders now need to do the same having lost their last four games.

The race to play-offs is heating up and both sides know the value of a win.

A rampaging Russell and Nitish Rana almost pulled off a miraculous win on Friday night after the KKR top order left them with too much to do in the death overs. Russell even questioned the team's decision to send him lower down the order when the likes of Robin Uthappa struggled.

The hosts too have concerns of their own, mainly their over-reliance on openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow, who will be leaving at the end of the week to join England's World Cup.

When the opening duo has fired, SRH have done well but on other occasions the middle-order has let them down. The World Cup-bound Vijay Shankar is due for a big score and so is captain Kane Williamson.