SRH will be facing PBKS at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad in the match number 14 of the IPL 2023 today. PBKS are on a roll as they have beaten KKR and RR by a margin of seven runs (DLS) and five runs respectively, on the other hand, SRH are placed at the bottom of the points table and are still searching for their first win in the IPL 2023.
SRH lost their opening game of the season to RR by a huge margin of 72 runs on their home ground (Hyderabad) and also ended up losing their next game to LSG by five wickets. SRH batters have failed to score big in these games as they have managed to have post only a below-par totals of 131/8 and 121/8 respectively against RR and LSG.
Numbers and Stats ahead of the SRH vs PBKS match:
1 - PBKS have won only 1 out of 7 IPL games in the last 10 years at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
3 - Only time Punjab Kings have won first 3 games of an IPL season was way back in 2014 season. It will be Interesting to see if they can repeat that magic of 2014 once again in this 2023 season
13 - SRH have won 13 out of 20 matches against PBKS in IPL.
Most matches won by SRH against an opposition in IPL:
13 vs PBKS
12 vs RCB
11 vs DC
26 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 26 wickets vs PBKS in IPL.
Most wickets vs PBKS in IPL:
Umesh Yadav - 34
Sunil Narine - 33
Yuzvendra Chahal - 29
Bhuvneshwar Kumar / Dwayne Bravo - 26
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 26 wickets against PBKS at bowling average of 18.00 with an economy of 7.12
27 - Abdul Samad needs 27 more runs to complete the milestone of reaching 1000 runs in T20 Cricket.
68 - Rahul Tripathi needs 68 more runs to complete the milestone of reaching 3000 runs in T20 Cricket.
100 - Aiden Markram need 1 more Six to complete the milestone of smashing 100 Sixes in T20 Cricket.