🏏IPL 2024: Match 69 - SRH vs PBKS at Hyderabad @ 3:30PM IST🏏 - Page 2

Today’s Match Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the match

Scenario 1

Sunrisers Hyderabad win the toss and opt to bat

Powerplay: 90-100

SRH: 240-250

Sunrisers Hyderabad win the match

Scenario 2

Punjab Kings win the toss and opt to bat.

Powerplay: 60-70

PBKS: 180-190

Sunrisers Hyderabad win the match

Teams watch

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Injury/Availability: Sunrisers do not have any fitness concerns at the moment.

Tactics & Matchups: Bhuvneshwar Kumar has favourable numbers against Prabhsimran Singh, having dismissed him twice in 10 deliveries in the IPL - and three dismissals in 11 deliveries including the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali match between Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. Both Bhuvneshwar has also kept Rilee Rossouw quiet, giving away only 5 runs in 10 deliveries, although he's yet to dismiss him, while the South African has scored 14 runs in 12 balls with one dismissal against Pat Cummins.

Probable XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth. [Impact sub: T Natarajan].

Punjab Kings

Injury/Availability: Jitesh Sharma turned up for the captains' meeting before the start of the season as Shikhar Dhawan and Sam Curran hadn't joined the team yet. As it turns out, he will lead Punjab Kings in their last match of the competition as Dhawan continues his recovery from a shoulder injury while Sam Curran has left for England along with Jonny Bairstow to join the national side for the T20I series against Pakistan. With Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza and Chris Woakes also unavailable, PBKS have only two overseas options - Rilee Rossouw and Nathan Ellis - for their match against SRH. Meanwhile, they are likely to include Atharva Taide as one of their openers, replacing Bairstow, and perhaps bring in Rishi Dhawan in place of Curran.

Tactics & Matchups: Rahul Chahar is a good option for PBKS to be used early, with the legspinner having accounted for Abhishek Sharma twice in 10 deliveries for only 7 runs. Harshal Patel matches up well against Heinrich Klaasen, with two dismissals in 14 balls for 22 runs.

Probable XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, Jitesh Sharma (c & wk), Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Harshal Patel, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar. [Impact sub: Arshdeep Singh].

When: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings,, Sunday, May 19 at 15:30 IST

Where: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

What to expect: High-scoring games have been the flavour of Hyderabad and this match too is expected to adhere to the norm. Showers disrupted the practice sessions on Saturday (May 18) and more rain is forecast for the afternoon-evening period on the match day.

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Did you know?

- The 635 runs and three fifty-plus scores scored by the Punjab Kings openers is the least for any team in this IPL. Meanwhile, PBKS's batters from Nos. 4-8 have contributed 843 runs, the second most in this IPL after LSG (940)

- Out of the 583 runs he has scored in this season so far, Travis Head has got 385 runs (66.03%) in the powerplay alone. He averages 128.33 in this phase with a strike rate of 220. His opening partner Abhishek Sharma has scored 285 (71.07%) of his tally of 401 runs in the powerplay, at a strike rate of 205.04

- Sunrisers have struck the most maximums in this IPL, scoring 146 sixes, while their 171 fours is the least among all teams in this edition. Abhishek Sharma is second on the sixes chart (35), just one behind Nicholas Pooran. Abhishek, Travis Head and Heinrich Klaasen have combined to strike 97 sixes

What they said?

"It's not ideal. You prefer to have some good match practice before you go into the finals. But we can't control that. But what we do have confidence is that we've played some pretty good cricket to make the playoffs. Ideally you would play some competitive matches before you play your final - whether it's an eliminator or the qualifier" - Simon Helmot, SRH assistant coach, on the possibility of SRH entering the playoffs after a lengthy break should the SRH-PBKS match be affected by rain.

"The mood is more positive in the dressing room than before because we have nothing to lose now. The season has been inconsistent for us. But we played really good cricket and we had many positives throughout the season...In cricket, things can change in an instant. We just missed out on some luck" - Jitesh Sharma, PBKS captain for their final game of the season.

Thanks for the tag!

SRH 🧡🧡

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Sad for Punjab

Players hi nhi hai inke paas

One sided match

Looks like SRH will win but won't feel bad even if PBKS wins