Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders will fight against each other in the Qualifier 2 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The winner of this match will progress to the final of IPL 2018 and will play against Chennai Super Kings on the Sunday night while the loser will be eliminated from the tournament.
SRH have lost their last four games and on the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders have won four back to back matches in this IPL. In the group stage, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders at this venue.
All the awaiting stats and milestones between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders in Kolkata :
Teams Head to Head in the IPL -
| Venue | Match | Won by SRH | Won by KKR |
| Hyderabad | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Kolkata | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Neutral | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Overall | 14 | 5 | 9 |
4 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs 4 more wickets to become the first SRH bowler to take 100 T20 wickets, he has taken 96 wickets at an average of 19.98 in 69 T20 matches.
4 - Sunrisers Hyderabad has lost their last 4 matches while Kolkata Knight Riders have won all their last 4 matches in this IPL season.
11 - Shikhar Dhawan averages only 11 in the playoffs/knockouts of IPL, he has scored 99 runs in 9 matches at an average of 11.
15 - Kane Williamson (685 runs) needs 15 more runs to become the third captain to score 700 runs in a single season of IPl after Virat Kohli (973 in 2016) and David Warner (848 in 2016).
206 - Dinesh Karthik's batting average in successful run chases in IPL 2018. His scores read 26*, 41*, 45*, 23, 42*, 35*.
992 - Robin Uthappa has scored 992 runs at an average of 33.07 in 33 innings with 7 fifties at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata and needs 8 more runs to complete 1000 runs at this venue.
3998 - Shikhar Dhawan has scored 3998 runs in the IPL and needs 2 more runs to become the eighth player to score 4000 IPL runs.
