The 69th match of the tournament between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). The match between them will start at 3:30 P.M. (IST).
In the previous encounter between these two teams in this season, a close contest was seen where Sunrisers won the match by 2 runs. Nitish Reddy played an all-round innings and got the Player of the Match.
Teams Analysis:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
They have already qualified for the Playoffs after the last match got abandoned. They are at present at 3rd place with 15 points and to finish in the top 2, they need to win this match and must hope that Rajasthan must lose their match. They have a strong batting line-up, which they also showed in this season.
The openers of this team is not less than a beast. Travis Head has a strike rate of 201.89 this season and has scored 533 runs with the bat. He is currently in the 3rd place in the orange cap list. He has managed one century and 4 half-centuries till now. On the other hand, Abhishek Sharma is also not less than a beast as his strike rate surges to 205.64. He has scored 401 runs in which 2 half-centuries were included. They are the perfect demons in the powerplay.
Nitish Kumar Reddy has provided some stability at the middle order with 239 runs with the bat and has an average of 47.8. Not only this he has taken 3 wickets in the bowling department. Heinrich Klaasen has also provided some powerful hitting and has a strike rate of 186.26. He can provide destructive knocks anytime he wants. He has scored 339 runs in which he scored 3 half-centuries.
Abdul Samad and Shahbaz Ahmed have shown some power hitting in the death overs. Samad has a strike rate of 181.93 while Shahbaz is brilliant in both the departments. He has scored 186 runs which includes one half-century and with the bowl he has taken 3 wickets.
T Natarajan is taking the charge in the bowling department with 15 wickets to his name. But the economy is slightly on the higher side which is 9.36. Skipper Pat Cummins has also helped the team in the bowling department after grabbing 14 wickets in the season till now. His economy is also above 9 (9.25), which needs to lower down.
Bhuvneshawar Kumar has 11 wickets to his name but is more aggressive in the starting overs in the last few matches.
Probable playing 11 for the match:
Pat Cummins ©, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.
(Impact Player: Vijayakanth Viyaskanth)
Punjab Kings (PBKS):
They are in 9th place with 10 points in 13 matches. They will be playing this match without three main players – Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone. As these players went to England for their T20 series against Pakistan. Now it is expected that Shikhar Dhawan might play the last match and will take the charge of leadership again. They also wanted to end the season with a great win.
Shikhar Dhawan has played 5 matches and has scored 152 runs with a strike rate of 125.62. He scored one half-century till now and that came against LSG where he scored 70 runs. At the time, before the injury, he was the team’s highest run scorer. Prabhsimran Singh has managed 263 runs with a strike rate of 156.55.
Rilee Rossouw has shown some hard hitting in the last couple of matches and has a strike rate of 176.09 this season. Shashank Singh is the most runs scorer this season for Punjab with 352 runs to his credit. He has shown some blissful knocks with the bat for the team. In the previous match against Hyderabad he almost took his team to the victory as he scored 46 runs in just 25 balls. He is the only player in the team who has shown little consistency with the bat.
Ashutosh Sharma can show the power of destruction with his batting and this glimpse he has shown several times with the bat this season. He has a strike rate of 170 and against Hyderabad he scored 33 runs in just 15 balls. Jitesh Sharma failed to impress with the bat as he only managed 152 runs with the bat.
In the bowling department, Harshal Patel got the purple cap with 22 wickets to his name. But he is mostly expensive in his spells as his economy is 9.51. Arshdeep Singh has been taking wickets with consistency with 17 to his name with an economy being 10.1.
Rahul Chahar has 10 wickets to his name.
Probably playing 11 for the Match:
Shikhar Dhawan ©, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Atharve Taide, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpeet Brar, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
(Impact Player: Nathan Ellis)
Head to Head (SRH vs PBKS):
They played 22 matches against each other.
| SRH | PBKS | |
| won | 15 | 7 |
| Highest score | 212 | 211 |
| Lowest score | 114 | 119 |
Pitch Report:
The match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. As the nature of the pitch suggests, high scoring matches and huge runs have already been scored here. Chasing might be a better option here.if the team gets a good score here after batting first, then it might be a tough contest.
Weather Report:
A huge chance of rain is expected on the match day which might spoil the mood of the orange army as they need this win to finish in the top 2 in the points table. Humidity is also expected to be little high which might be more than 60%.
Best 11 for the Match:
Heinrich Klaasen, Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Travis Head ©, Abhishek Sharma, Shashank Singh (vc), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Harshal Parel, T Natarajan, Nathan Ellis.