IPL 2019: Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Preview and Head to Head
Due to better net run rate SRH is at the third spot while Punjab is at the sixth position on the points table..
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) today (April 8) at IS Bindra Stadium. Both the teams have played 5 matches out of which they have won 3 matches and lost the other 2 games. But due to better net run rate SRH is at the third spot while Punjab is at the sixth position on the points table.
Punjab lost its last match against Chennai while chasing the target of 160. Sarfaraz Khan and KL Rahul scored 67 and 55 respectively but all other players scored below 10 runs and Punjab lost the match. This was their second defeat while chasing the target. In the previous match, they lost to KKR as Punjab failed to chase down 218.
In the last match, SRH lost miserably to Mumbai Indians while chasing the target of 136. SRH openers occupy the first two positions on the 'Most Runs' category and it looks that the team is now over-dependent on the two players. SRH batting order collapsed dramatically and the team was troubled on 86 runs in the 18th over. SRH has to work on their middle order and they should make sure that the team should not over depend on top order batsmen.
KKR vs SRH Head to Head
Total number of matches played: 12
Matches won by KXIP: 3
Matches won by SRH: 9
Playing XI
SRH :David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Vijay Shankar
KXIP:KL Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
Squad
Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (wicket-keeper), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Ravichandran Ashwin (Captain), Varun Chakravarthy, Mohammed Shami, Andrew Tye, Karun Nair, Sam Curran, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake.
Source: NYOOOZ DESK - IPL 2019