SRH vs PBKS Pitch Report
In the 69th match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Punjab Kings at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Having sealed their place in the IPL 2024 playoffs due to the cancellation of their previous match against Gujarat Titans at home, Sunrisers have a good chance of finishing in the top two with a win in the final group stage game of the season. At the same time, Punjab Kings are already out of the race for the playoffs. In such a situation, his team would like to end their season on a good note by winning this match. Before the start of this match, let’s take a look at the pitch of the venue.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium pitch report
The pitches at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium have been exceptional for batting on throughout the IPL 2024 season, leading to scores of over 200 consistently. In the current season, the average score of the first innings at this venue is 203, so you can fully expect a high scoring match in this match played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings.
Punjab will miss the lack of English players
Punjab Kings will get a new captain in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Actually, Shikhar Ghawan is injured and in his place Sam Curran, who was captaining this season, has withdrawn from IPL 2024. He has returned to his country for the T20 series to be played against Pakistan. Sam Curran showed a brilliant all-round game in his last match against Rajasthan Royals. Due to which his team was able to win that match. Apart from this, Jonny Bairstow has also returned along with Sam Curran. Such a team will feel the absence of these two English players.
Squad of both teams for IPL 2024
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Johnson, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markandey, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jathaved Subramanian.
Punjab Kings: Jitesh Sharma (captain), Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Atharva Tayde, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawerappa, Shivam Singh, Harshal Patel, Ashutosh Sharma, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Shashank Singh, Tanay. Thiagarajan, Prince Chaudhary, Riley Rossouw.
Injured or withdrawn players: Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Chris Woakes, Kagiso Rabada, Sikandar Raza.
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