Rahul R Sharma
After making the hat-trick of losses, this battle is more important for KingsXIPunjab. They are on the bottom of the points tables with winning only a match out of 5. Despite performing good in batting department Kings are continuously losing the games and the reason is the underperforming bowling lineup. The impressive performance of Mayank Agarwal is a big positive for kings. He is already in the list of top 3 batsman of this edition.
Even though King’s openers are performing well but the real headache for batting coach Wasim Jaffer are their less tested middle order and off form of Maxwell. Which also raised the question that when we will see Chris Gayle in the action? KingsXI Punjab’s team is one of the team which heavily relies on their young talent so the disappointing performance of the young lads is becoming a huge threat for their campaign.
On the other side after losing comprehensively by Mumbai Indians with 34 runs, the Orange Army is now facing an another trouble. Their lethal bowling weapon Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League 2020. The Management announced that Bhuvi will be replaced by Prithvi Raj Yatra for the rest of the tournament, which means now Sandeep Sharma is the only bonafide pace bowler in the squad. This gives huge blow to the team’s campaign. Although Sandeep Sharma is the player which every team would like to have in their camp. He has the good ability to bowl yorker and knuckle bowl. David Warner’s good form is the positive sign for team now they are expecting some valuable knocks from Bairstow and Williamson too.
Pitch Report-
This ground is a quite big from the others in UAE. Dew chances can’t be ruled out. Temperature is touching over 32 in Dubai, and humidity is also rising here. Teams will be in dilemma again what to choose after winning toss because the last two games were high scoring and suggesting equal winning chances in both conditions.
Match Prediction-
In The head to head battle in the league SRH is leading with 10 wins and KingsXIPunjab is on 4. Present forms of both teams are also giving an advantage to the Orange army over KingsXI Punjab. To make any difference Punjab’s camp have to sort out their tussle in Bowling department.
Probable Playing 11-
Sunrisers Hyderabad- David Warner(Captain), Johnny bairstow, Manish pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Khaleel ahmad/Siddharth Kaul.
KingsXI Punjab- Kl Rahul( Captain/WK), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Puran, Mandeep Singh, Harpreet Brar/Murugan Ashwin, Sarfaraz Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ravi Bishnoi, Sheldon Cottrell/Hardus Viljoen, Mohammad Shami.
Dubai International Stadium-
Total T20 Matches Played- 76
Matches Won by Teams Batting First- 30
Matches Won by Teams Batting Second- 45 (1 Match tied)
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