Punjab vs Hyderabad Match 23 Live | Pre - Match Show
The rampaging Sunrisers Hyderabad will travel north to take on the Punjab Kings at their new home stadium in Mullanpur near Chandigarh. Both teams have had similar seasons as they share an identical record of two wins and two losses. Ahead of this clash, the Kings pulled off a magical comeback victory over the Gujarat Titans. On the other hand, Hyderabad continued their dominant form to defeat the Chennai Super Kings at home.
Pitch Report:
The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur has produced batting-friendly tracks, allowing batters to score a ton of runs, especially in the first innings. Different from batting first, chasing at this venue has been challenging this year as the wicket has slowed down in the second innings. Hence fast bowlers and spinners can maximise the conditions across various phases.
Team Analysis:
Punjab Kings
Despite their positive record, the Punjab Kings still have a few flaws across their playing XI. Their batting still hasn’t seen all batters fire together and are missing a power-hitter in the middle, especially after Liam Livingstone’s injury. On the bowling front, Punjab’s Indian pacers like Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel have performed at the highest level. Similarly, Rahul Chahar has been far away from his best.
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2024 Squad:
Jaydev Unadkat, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Pat Cummins (c), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, Akash Maharaj Singh, Umran Malik