IPL 2021 Season Fantasy League Match 3 - SRH vs KKR

The third match in this IPL 2021 Season will start at 7:30 PM IST between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Chennai. In this article let us discuss the Season Long Fantasy League team setup for Match 3.

KKR plays their next game in two days while SRH will take the field in three days. It is good to have more players from these two teams and we can carry them easily for their next matches. Our season fantasy team is set up with main players from these two teams, so this match should score good fantasy points for us.

Read the Fantasy Season Preview articles here:

IPL 2021 Season Fantasy – Kolkata Knight Riders Team Preview

IPL 2021 Season Fantasy – Sun Risers Hyderabad Team Preview

We already have six players available for the current match in our IPL Season Long Fantasy Team For Match Three. CSK and DC play their next match in five days and four days respectively. We will transfer out CSK and DC players from our fantasy team and replace them with three other players from the current match.

Players available for the Current Match: Shubman Gill (KKR), Andre Russel (KKR), Varun Chakravarthy (KKR), Manish Pandey (SRH), Bhuvneswar Kumar (SRH), and T Natarajan (SRH).

Number of Transfers: Two (+ One uncapped)

Number of transfers Remaining: 108

Transfer Out: Sam Curran (CSK) and Prithvi Shaw (DC)

Read the article on How To Play and Tips here: IPL 2021 Season Fantasy – How to Play, Transfer Tips and More

Transfer In: Shakib Al Hasan (KKR)/David Warner (SRH), Johnny Bairstow (SRH)/Rashid Khan (SRH)

Uncapped Transfer: Nitish Rana (KKR)

Shakib Al Hasan (KKR): Shakib can bat up the order and can bowl full 4-over quota. Shakib will make it to the final XI unless KKR persists with Sunil Narine.

David Warner (SRH): David Warner is the run machine for SRH and he will be our second choice pick for today’s match. David Warner is expensive at 12 Credits. If we pick up Shakib, we will not be able to fit in David Warner in our fantasy team.

Jonny Bairstow (SRH): It remains to be seen whether SRH will go with their overseas batsman as Jonny Bairstow or Kane Williamson(SRH) or both. If we go with Shakib Al Hasan as one pick, we will have Jonny Bairstow as our other pick for this match

Rashid Khan (SRH): The world’s best spinner Rashid Khan will add additional value on the Chennai pitch. We may not be able to carry him for the SRH next match. So we will pick him up based on the above other team combinations.

Nitish Rana (KKR): There are multiple uncapped picks available for this match from both teams. Nitish Rana is our first choice uncapped pick. He bats in top three and bowls occasionally.

Here’s our Fantasy Team:

Ishan Kishan, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Shakib Al Hasan (C), Andre Russell (VC), Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Varun Chakravarthy

Captain: Shakib Al Hasan (KKR)/David Warner (SRH)

Vice Captain: Andre Russel (KKR) if KKR bats first/Jonny Bairstow (SRH)

Andre Russel is KKR’s biggest power hitter. When KKR bats first, he will come up the order. We are not clear on how many overs he is going to bowl. So, we will take him as a vice-captain if KKR bats first.

Note: There could be slight changes in the fantasy team based on the teams announced after the toss and any other news.

Disclaimer: There is no single perfect template to play fantasy league. Understand that this is our way of playing the game. We provide the rationale behind our player selection, which you may or may not agree with it. Just understand the key insights from the article and play it in your style and have fun.