Pakistani legend made big prediction regarding Kolkata Knight Riders, warned other teams of playoff

Kolkata Knight Riders: Indian Premier League 2024 has reached its final turn. The league playoff matches will start from Tuesday. Kolkata Knight Riders will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first qualifier of the playoffs. This explosive clash between the two teams is to be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Before the match, former Pakistani fast bowler Wasim Akram has made a big prediction. He said that KKR team is a very dangerous team and it will easily make it to the finals.

KKR will make it to the finals – Akram

Wasim Akram while talking to Sportskeeda said, 'The main reason for their being at the first position in the points table is bowling. They have bowlers who can take wickets. The team which takes wickets wins the match. If you see, Varun Chakraborty has taken 18 wickets, Harshit Rana has taken 16, Mitchell Starc has taken 12 and all-rounders Sunil Narine and Andre Russell have taken 15 wickets each. Starc can win the match for KKR on his own. They will reach the final comfortably, with full confidence and as a dangerous team.

Wasim Akram also praised the batting unit of Kolkata Knight Riders. He said, 'Almost everyone has performed brilliantly so far. KKR gave Manish Pandey a chance in a match and he did well in it. This shows that everyone on their team is happy and full of confidence. There is aggression inside him, which is under control. He is not overconfident.

However, the former fast bowler also admitted that Kolkata Knight Riders will miss England's stormy batsman Phil Salt against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Regarding Phil Salt, he said, 'There is no doubt that the team will miss Phil Salt.'

Let us tell you that in place of Phil Salt, KKR has included Afghanistan's opening batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz with the team. In the last season of IPL, Gurbaz had scored 227 runs in 11 matches with the help of 2 half-centuries.