IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH) :With four back-to-back games at Mulanpur, Kings will hope home comfort will help them break out of their mid-table points jam.
Match details :IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH)
Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Mullanpur, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)
Big picture IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH) – Sunrisers can exploit Kings’ death bowling
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings look like two teams who have had similar journeys so far in this IPL – winning two from four matches and sitting in the middle of the points table – but their paths to get there could be very contrasting.
While the Sunrisers have been the second fastest batting team in the Powerplay this IPL (before Monday’s CSK vs KKR game) with a run rate of 11.66, the Kings have bowled the second worst in the death overs (17-20) this IPL. . . , lick ran at 12.65.
Sunrisers’ new batting approach in this IPL is largely due to the success of Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma at the top. Although Head has continued his excellent form since 2023, Abhishek’s firepower has surprised many. Hardly a household name in T20 cricket, he has left many big-hitters behind with his boundary-hitters in recent months. Since October 2023, Abhishek has hit 101 boundaries (47 fours and 54 sixes) off 326 balls, which adds up to one boundary every 3.23 balls, compared to Andre Russell’s 3.12 (at least considering the stats of these 50 bowling batsmen). duration).
Abhishek’s methods may have been high-risk but they brought high-reward: he was not often dismissed while going for the big hits. Has 101 boundaries across 14 innings with a batting average of 46 in the top three. He scored two centuries with ten knocks for champions Punjab in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he was the second highest scorer with 192 runs. He scored 217.56 runs in this IPL.
They will hope their international bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel do better in the death overs.
The Kings will play their next four matches at Mulanpur, and will be looking to take full advantage of the home comfort to climb up the points table.
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Team news and impact player strategy for IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH)
Punjab Kings: IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH)
The Kings were without Liam Livingstone in their last game due to injury. He replaced Sikandar Raja, who failed to make an impact with either bat or ball against the Gujarat Titans.
In their influence, the Kings have consistently dropped Arshdeep Singh against Prabhasimran Singh or batsmen.
Probable XI IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH): 1 Shikhar Dhawan (captain), 2 Jonny Bairstow (wicketkeeper), 3 Prabhsimran Singh, 4 Sam Curran, 5 Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Sikandar Raja, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Harshal Arshdeep Patel, 110 Singh, 12 Ashutosh Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH)
T Natarajan returned for their last game after recovering from injury but Mayank Agarwal was ruled out due to illness. It is not yet clear whether Agarwal is fit for Tuesday, though he trained on Monday. As per their dominant player strategy, Sunrisers have so far swapped one of the top-order batsmen – Head, Abhishek or Agarwal – for a frontline pacer like Natarajan or Umran Malik, except for one game where they brought in all-rounder Washington. Batting first, Sundar collected 114 runs for 5 wickets.
Probable XI IPL 2024(PBKS) vs (SRH): 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Travis Head, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Shahbaz Ahmed, 5 Henrik Klaassen (wicketkeeper), 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy/Washington Sundar, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Pat Cummins (captain), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jaydev Unadkat, 12 Umran Malik.
In the spotlight – Pat Cummins and Arshdeep Singh
Pat Cummins was once a powerplay enforcer with the ball for Kolkata Knight Riders who scored several runs, but his numbers have improved with a change of role in the new team. He is now bowling more in the middle overs (7-16), at just 7.75 runs per over, his second-best economy rate since the first IPL season in 2014. If he can continue that form, it will be great for Sunrisers.
Arshdeep Singh made a name for himself in the IPL with his swing upfront and his nervy death bowling. But his death-bowling exploits have faded in the last few seasons. If he is economical in that phase (7.58) in IPL 2022, he fails to take more than four wickets.
And when he picked up seven wickets at the death in IPL 2023, he leaked 9.50 runs an over. This IPL has been worse – just one wicket in 20 balls and an economy rate of 11.70. Will the real Arshdeep please stand up? Pitch and Terms – Back to Mollanpur
This is going to be the second IPL match at the Maharaja Jadvindra Singh Stadium in Mulanpur. In the first, Kings chased down 175 runs to win against Delhi Capitals.
The spinners didn’t leak as many runs as the quicks that night, but it’s been over two weeks since then and things could easily change.
Stats matter – Cummins against Kings top order
Cummins bowled each of the two batsmen for 25 balls, dismissing them twice and giving 16 to Bairstow and 31 to Dhawan. Dhawan might be better off following Jaydev Unadkat, against whom he scored a 44-ball 70 in the IPL, when he got out just once.
The Sunrisers have a dominant 14-7 record against the Kings, their best winning percentage (66.67%) against any team.
Two Sunrisers batsmen have a strike rate of 200 in 2024 – Klaasen (204.85) and Abhishek (217.56). From Kings, Highest Strike Rate 161.53 .