THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 09, 2024, 17:12:47 IST
IPL Reside Rating PBKS vs SRH: An inconsistent Punjab Kings will hope to come back out with an attacking show to match the ultra-aggressive method of Sunrisers Hyderabad as the 2 groups conflict in a mid-table battle within the IPL on Tuesday.
Each SRH and PBKS have two wins and two losses from their 4 matches to be tied with two different groups within the center with 4 factors and they are going to be determined to interrupt out of the mid-table logjam first.
Whereas SRH have been unpredictable generally they’ve displayed their may with the bat with their top-order firing on all cylinders on most events. However the identical can’t be stated concerning the Kings.
SRH recorded the very best workforce whole within the historical past of the IPL en route their win over Mumbai Indians, whereas additionally they notched up a convincing six-wicket win over reigning champions Chennai Tremendous Kings on Friday.
The likes of Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram have constantly taken the assault to the opposition bowlers, offering the workforce with blistering begins.
PBKS too have loads of big-hitting potential with their batting line-up boosting off Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone. However other than the skipper, none has been capable of constantly put up a present thus far.
Punjab will hope that their Indian gamers — Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma — step up similar to Shashank Singh, who pulled off a jailbreak of their final match towards Gujarat Titans together with his highest ever T20 rating — 61 runs from 29 balls.
Each the groups are coming into the match after a win and it might nicely be a battle of the powerplay once they face off on the the newly-built Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium, which is able to host solely its second IPL recreation on Tuesday.
Bowling division stays a priority for each groups. Whereas Punjab has struggled on the loss of life overs, Sunrisers faltered with the brand new ball.
South African pacer Kagiso Rabada emerged as their greatest bowler with six wickets, however inconsistencies of the likes of death-over specialist Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel is a priority. Leg-spinner Rahul Chahar has additionally been costly although Harpreet Brar has accomplished nicely thus far.
For Hyderabad, the likes of Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have conceded too many runs.
Regardless of all his expertise, Bhuvneshwar has struggled with the brand new ball although he managed a wicket within the final recreation. T Natarajan, who returned after lacking two video games in between, has additionally claimed 4 wickets thus far.
Skipper Pat Cummins, who has taken 5 wickets in 4 video games, has seemed good however he’ll want constant assist from his different bowlers.
The Sunrisers bowlers dished out numerous variations like cutters and gradual balls to bother the batters and they might hope to maintain the momentum towards the Kings.
It’s a 3-2 head-to-head rely between SRH and PBKS within the final 5 conferences, indicating {that a} tight battle is prone to be on the playing cards on Tuesday.
Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jaydev Unadkat, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Pat Cummins (c), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Wanindu Hasaranga, Umran Malik.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Brief, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay Thyagarajann, Prince Choudhary, Rilee Rossouw.
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