PBKS vs SRH Match Preview: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will clash in the second match of IPL today (April 9). Both the teams will be face to face at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Here Punjab Kings will try to maintain their winning streak. At the same time, the Sunrisers Hyderabad team will try to come back on the winning track.
Both these teams have played two matches each in this IPL season. While the Punjab Kings have won both their opening matches in a thrilling manner, the Sunrisers have suffered a crushing defeat in both their matches. Punjab has defeated Kolkata and Rajasthan in this season. On the other hand, Sunrisers have suffered one-sided defeats from Rajasthan and Lucknow.
How is the head to head record?
20 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad so far. Here Punjab has won only 7 matches, while Hyderabad has 13 wins. That is, the Hyderabad team has completely dominated Punjab in the head to head record.
How will be the mood of the pitch?
The pitch at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad will be helpful for the batsmen. Fast bowlers also get help here. Nothing much will happen here for the spinners. If you look at the matches held here since IPL 2018, the economy rate and bowling average of the fast bowlers on this ground have been better than other Indian venues. Chasing can be a little easier here.
How will be the possible playing-11 of both the teams?
SRH Playing-11 (Batting First): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (Captain), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Umran Malik, Marco Yansin.
SRH Playing-11 (Bowling first): Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (Captain), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (Wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Marco Yansin.
Impact players: Mayank Agarwal/T Natarajan
Punjab Kings Playing 11 (Batting First): Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, M Shahrukh Khan, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Punjab Kings Probable Playing-11 (Bowling First): Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, M Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rishi Dhawan.
Impact Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa/Rishi Dhawan
Who will win?
Looking at the possible playing-11 of both the teams, there is an equal competition here. Although the team of Punjab Kings has the momentum of victory and also the confidence. In such a situation, the Punjab team can dominate Hyderabad. Punjab’s batsmen and bowlers were seen in good rhythm in the previous matches. At the same time, there was a lack of fighting skills in Sunrisers Hyderabad.
When and where to watch the match?
The match between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers will start today (April 9) at 7.30 pm. The live telecast of this match will be done on different channels of Star Sports Network in different languages. Live streaming will be available on Jio Cinema app. Here also there is an option to listen to commentary in English as well as in other Indian languages. Please tell that this match can be seen for free on the Jio Cinema app.
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