We are in the third week of the Indian Premier League 2019, and no clash has missed out an intense show for the fans. Now, King XI, Punjab would come face to face against Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground – Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on Monday.
Both the teams lost their last encounter against their respective opponents, and now they would badly want to bounce back strong in the next game. So this means that the upcoming clash would not let you take your eyes off the televisions.
KXIP vs SRH: Preview
At present, Kings XI Punjab is sitting at the third last position at the points table with three wins in five matches. They have a fair chance to make it to the playoffs, but they must find out their final winning combination.
They played against CSK in the previous encounter and fell short by 22 runs despite having five wickets in hand. KXIP must look for some valuable players in their middle orders, or they would keep losing such matches in future.
Coming to Sunrisers Hyderabad, until yesterday’s match, they would be pretty impressed by their cricketing shows in this IPL season. SRH faced against Mumbai in their last encounter, and the entire team was sent to pavilion on 96 runs, all the credit goes to Alzaari Joseph. He took six wickets on his debut match for Mumbai Indians.
This was their lesson in IPL 2019, and they must be prepared for not repeating the same mistakes they did in their last encounter. At present, SRH is sitting the second position at the points table with three wins in five matches, and they are eyeing the first spot.
Kings XI Punjab vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
8th April, 08:00 PM IST
Total- 12
Kings XI Punjab- 03
Sunrisers Hyderabad- 09
The pitch at Mohali supports the batsmen. 200+ can be easily scored here in both the innings. Weather seems good on the match day with no rains around.
Avg 1st inn score: 184
Avg 2nd inn score: 175
Highest Total: 211/4 (19.1 Ov) by IND vs SL
Highest Chased: 211/4 (19.1 Ov) by IND vs SL
Lowest Defended: 180/5 (20 Ov) by NZ vs PAK
There are changes that Andrew Tye misses out the next match and Mujeeb or Viljoen are expected to replace him for KXIP.
There are speculations about Kane Williams that he might play the next match for SRH.
For further updates, keep in touch.
KXIP vs SRH Squad
Kings XI Punjab
Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Ravichandran Ashwin (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, David Miller, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Lokesh Rahul, Murugan Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Hardus Viljoen, Andrew Tye, Sam Curran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Agnivesh Ayachi, Darshan Nalkande, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh, Simran Singh, Harpreet Brar
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Kane Williamson (c), Jonny Bairstow, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi, Rashid Khan, K Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma
Probable playing 11:
Kings Xi Punjab:
Chris Gayle, KL Rahul (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravi Ashwin (c), Andrew Tye/ Mujeeb or Viljoen, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Abhishek Sharma, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.
Team: David Warner has been showing no mercy to the bowlers in any match. he must be your pick up. M Nabi even impressed his caption with his balling and batting skills. You must bet on him.
Chris Gayle can change the story of the match anytime. Rashid Khan is one of the best bowlers currently and is expected to take wickets.