Fantasy Pick: Go with Kane Williamson as captain and Shreyas Iyer as vice-captain

Safe XI: Nicholas Pooran, Kane Williamson (capt), Shreyas Iyer (vice-capt), Rahul Tripathi, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Abhishek Sharma, T Natarajan, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

After a slow start to the season, the Sunrisers captain has found form in recent times, scoring 57 and 32 in his last two outings. A key reason why Williamson could be a good captaincy choice for your fantasy team is his record against Knight Riders. Williamson has scored 20 or more runs in six of his last eight innings against them. He has been in decent form coming into the IPL too. Williamson was New Zealand's leading run-scorer in the recently concluded T20 World Cup, with 216 runs in seven innings, including a top score of 85 in the final.

The new Knight Riders captain has been a prolific run-scorer in T20s this year with 352 runs in nine games, at an average of 70.40, and a strike rate of 162.96. He also loves batting against Sunrisers as his record of 286 runs in nine outings in India, at an average of 35.75, suggests.

T Natarajan: With eight wickets in four outings, Natarajan is Sunrisers' leading wicket-taker in the tournament so far. Natarajan is likely to give you fantasy points almost every game. He has taken the most number of wickets in the death overs this season: five wickets in six overs, at an average of 13.20.

Rahul Tripathi: Tripathi has been in fine form for Sunrisers in IPL 2022. His biggest strength is his run-scoring in the middle overs. Tripathi has scored 75 runs in 42 balls in the middle overs this season, at a strike rate of 178.57, and been dismissed just once. His highest IPL score of 93 came against Knight Riders, in 2017.

Abhishek Sharma: Just like his opening partner Williamson, Abhishek has also found form only in the last two games, after a relatively slow start to the season. He is currently the leading run-scorer for Sunrisers, with 139 runs in four outings, at a strike rate of 124.10.

Varun Chakravarthy: Knight Riders' leading wicket-taker in IPL 2021, Chakravarthy has performed well for his side this season, but has not always been among the wickets. He has a decent record against Sunrisers, having picked up four wickets in four outings against them.

High Risk XI: Nicholas Pooran, Sam Billings, Ajinkya Rahane, Kane Williamson, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi (capt), Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine, T Natarajan (vice-capt)