After suffering defeat in previous matches, both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab will face each other at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on Monday, April 08, 2019. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab are mostly dependent on the openers as Mayank Aggarwal and Vijay Shankar are both the dicey player in term of consistency at number one. The middle order of both the teams has been a concern. Kings XI Punjab lost previous match at Chennai against CSK, whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the match at their home ground while hosting Mumbai Indians.
Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab are on the same boat with 3 wins and 2 losses. The match in Mohali will decide that who step out of the boat with fish in hand. Only 4 out of 15 games have won while chasing, in the evening matches at 8 PM, as dew is not the matter of concern here. There will be slight little fear of weather as clouds have covered the tricity, here on Sunday night, which might be an issue for tomorrow’s battle. Kings XI Punjab may not make any changes with the playing XI as the team is doing it, so what is one match doesn’t goes in favor of you but the rest of matches can.
On the othet hand, Tom Moody is not in the mood to change the playing XI as team is on fire except of the last match at home ground against Mumbai Indians. Kane Williamson’s fitness has been an issue as the skipper is the best hold for the middle order. Likewise Bhuneshwar Kumar who is doing the captaincy right now, says that he will surely ca=ome back once fit, but it will be difficult for them to make change because everyone is playing good. One more important thing, don’t forget to carry the Umbrella as is there will be no rain, then it will be the raining sixes for sure.
Probable XI:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Teams:
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Sam Curran, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Karun Nair, Simran Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ankit Rajpoot, Hardus Viljoen, Arshdeep Singh, Moises Henriques, Varun Chakravarthy, Darshan Nalkande, Agnivesh Ayachi, Harpreet Brar
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma, Kane Williamson, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shakib Al Hasan, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan