🏏IPL2022 Match70 :Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings🏏

Match 70

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🏏IPL2022 Match70 :Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings🏏

Both teams are out of the play-offs race but will look to end their campaign with a win.

Punjab Kings will back their explosive batting unit while SRH will depend on their bowlers to win this game. Punjab Kings are expected to be victorious.

Punjab Kings will look to play at the full potential of their batting line-up, and they can score lots of runs if they can do that.

Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, etc will be eyeing a good performance in their last game of IPL 2022.

The bowlers have done a good job till now and will look to continue the same for one more game.

Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, and Rahul Chahar will be the key bowlers for them.

Sunrisers Hyderabad, meanwhile, have been on a winning streak and a losing streak in this tournament. Kane Williamson’s absence will allow them to try a different combination for this game.

They may open with Glenn Phillips and give a chance to other players as well.

The onus will be on Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Abhishek Sharma, and Nicholas Pooran to score runs for their side.

Bowling has been their strength and they will again depend on the bowlers to take them over the line. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Umran Malik have been brilliant as their pacers.

Romario Shepherd will be important as well if he gets the chance to play.

Spin department has been their weak link and Washington Sundar will look to do well.

Despite both SRH and PBKS being eliminated from the playoffs race, the two sides will play for pride and try their best to finish the match on a winning note.

Probable XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 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: Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Benny Howell, Shahrukh Khan/Harpreet Brar, Rishi Dhawan/Ishan Porel, Rahul Chahar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh.

SRH vs PBKS Pitch Report

The pitch at Wankhede in the last game was a two paced wicket especially in the first innings.

It got better for batting as the game progressed.

It is expected to be the same for this game as well but overall it will be a good pitch to bat on.

The short boundaries will make sure that the batters love their time on this wicket.

The average first innings score here are 166 runs and teams will look to chase after winning the toss.

Match Prediction

Case 1:

• SRH wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay score: 50-55
• PBKS total: 160-175

Case 2:

• PBKS wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay score: 40-45
• SRH total: 150-165

• Liam Livingstone: Liam Livingstone will be the default captaincy pick for this game. He is in excellent form and is contributing with bat and ball both. He got out early in the last game but picked up 3 wickets. He scored 70 runs in the second last game. Livingstone can give a lot of points in this game.

• Rahul Tripathi: Rahul Tripathi has been the best batter for SRH in this season. He has been scoring runs for fun and will look to score big in his last game of IPL 2022. Tripathi will bat at number 3. He scored 76 runs in the last game against MI. Rahul will be an excellent captaincy pick.

• Jonny Bairstow: Jonny Bairstow is back at the top and has been in great touch since then. He has 2 fifties in the last 3 games and will be a great captaincy choice. Bairstow attacks from the first ball and exploits the power play to the fullest. He can score big once he gets going.

SRH's last game at the Wankhede was a high-scoring one but the pitches have not been very conducive to batting at this venue at the back end of the tournament.

Head to head: SRH 13 - 6 PBKS

With Jonny Bairstow also finding form, this could turn out to be a fascinating contest between SRH's bowling attack and PBKS' flamboyant batting lineup.

But with just one spinner in their XI, SRH might not be able to make the most of the deteriorating wickets. Liam Livingstone hurt them the last time they met.

Perhaps, using someone like T Natarajan smartly against the rampaging Englishman might work out.

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PBKS' like to go all guns blazing. That high-risk approach might backfire heavily against this bowling unit if they lose early wickets.

The last time these two teams met, the loss of early wickets left the lower order exposed against the pace of Umran Malik and the youngster just broke through them to fetch four wickets.

Kagiso Rabada has a favourable matchup against SRH's finishers Nicholas Pooran and Washington Sundar, having dismissed them five times in the space of 42 deliveries.

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Did you know?

Amongst all full-time captains this season, only two have an average less than 20. Mayank averages just 17.73 whereas Williamson ended his campaign with an average of 19.64.

Only Jasprit Bumrah has had a better economy rate than Arshdeep Singh (7.95) this season at the death.

Shahrukh Khan has failed to replicate his domestic form and finds himself on the sidelines whereas Ishan Porel has just not been able to break into the XI.

Benny Howell is the only overseas player on the roster to not feature yet. While his form has quietly slipped under the radar, Mayank Agarwal has not been amongst the runs.

His captaincy has found a few admirers but Mayank knows that he needs runs. He also needs to first figure out his best batting position in this XI.

PBKS may have flattered to deceive yet again but they would dearly love to end the season on a high.

This is the last league Match for this season.

By the time the league phase gets over on Sunday night (May 22), Sunrisers Hyderabad or Punjab Kings would have finished with 14 points.

One of those two sides will be left to rue their losses this season considering the fact that one more victory would have made them a serious playoffs contender.

It's been that sort of a season for both these outfits. They have had their moments where they have looked like world-beaters but they have also looked absolutely ordinary on other occasions.