The Indian Premier League 2022 (IPL 2022) will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Punjab Kings (PBKS). With both of their playoff hopes over, they would like to end the season by winning their last match. Hyderabad will be without their captain Kane Williamson who has returned to New Zealand for the birth of their second child. Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take over the captaincy in his absence.
Sunrisers Hyderabad broke their five-match losing streak in a close three-run victory over Mumbai Indians while Punjab Kings suffered a 17-run loss to Delhi Capitals. After defeating RCB by 54 runs, Punjab lost to Delhi Capitals in a ‘do or die’ match due to a collapse of the batting order.
Punjab’s batting unit has been consistent and if they want to score big or defend a big score, then they have to perform in unison. If their star batsmen Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone, Shikhar Dhawan are unable to walk, then Punjab have Jitesh Sharma, who can reach the big score or end the match.
In the bowling department, fast bowler Kagiso Rabada (22) is one of the top wicket-takers of the season. Arshdeep Singh (10) has also impressed with his ability to bowl yorkers, especially in the last overs. Sunrisers were looking to move into the top two after winning five consecutive matches but their campaign was derailed by injuries to their main bowlers Washington Sundar and T Natarajan and the team lost five matches in a row. Captain Williamson too could not return to form. Fast bowler Umran Malik has done well in the bowling and he would like to keep that up.
Sunrisers also have Afghanistan bowler Fazlhaq Farooqui who did well in the last match. Bhuvneshwar and Farooqui will be hoping for another good performance while Natarajan will have to forget Tim David’s offensive against himself and focus on his yorker again. Rahul Tripathi has taken over the responsibility of batting for Sunrisers this season. In the last match, the team made a strategic change and it paid off. Priyam Garg was included in the team who impressed.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing 11
Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Glenn Phillips, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd/Sean Abbott, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Punjab Kings Probable Playing 11
Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Benny Howell, Shah Rukh Khan/Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan/Ishan Porel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Suggested Team-1 for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Dream11
1 Priyam Garg, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Jonny Bairstow, 4 Mayank Agarwal, 5 Liam Livingstone, 6 Washington Sundar, 7 Kagiso Rabada, 8 Rahul Chahar, 9 Umran Malik, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Captain: Mayank Agarwal, Vice-Captain: Shikhar Dhawan, Wicketkeeper: Jonny Bairstow.
Suggested Team-2 for Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Dream11
1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Mayank Agarwal, 4 Bhanuka Rajapakse, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Jitesh Sharma, 7 Kagiso Rabada, 8 Rahul Chahar, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Umran Malik, 11 Arshdeep Singh.
Captain: Mayank Agarwal, Vice-Captain: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wicketkeeper: Jitesh Sharma.