The Indian Premier League 2025 has already shown is roller-coaster like pattern. Some of the strongest teams are struggling at the bottom end of the table, while some teams have found new vigor and character, thanks to the renewed energy.
The match number 27 is scheduled to take place between the mighty Punjab Kings and the fiery Sunrisers Hyderabad. Punjab Kings have won three out of their four games, while SRH has lost four matches in a row now. One team is seeing a new batting hero in every game, while the other is looking around for someone to stand up with the bat.
It’s almost as if the PBKS and SRH have exchanged their places this season and now will go head-to-head with opposite form as of now. The PBKS batting is cooking up a storm up with different batters in their side – Priyansh Arya – the latest IPL discovery, Shashank Singh and the captain Shreyas Iyer himself. Even without major contributions from big names like Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell, the side has been performing well.
SRH, meanwhile, have as many worries as possible on the other end. Runs have almost vanished for their explosive top order line up – with the Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan magic losing its touch after their first victory.
Even though more and more questions are being raised on their overall approach, the orange army led by Pat Cummins seems to have no answers for their decline this season. SRH, who were one of the favourites to be on top of the table, haven’t had a season to remember so far.
Be it with their batting or bowling, SRH quickly will need to turn things around before the chances to qualify for the playoff gets out of their hands.
PBKS will come into this game with a solid win over Chennai Super Kings from their last match and are currently on the fifth position with six points on the table. Sunrisers on the other hand are at the bottom of the points table, with just two points from the five matches played until now.
Both the teams have faced each other in 23 matches in IPL. Out of these, SRH have won 16 times whereas PBKS has come out victorious on 7 occasions. Though as per the head-to-head statistics, SRH have the upper hand but looking at their current form, a victory seems slightly challenging.
Game Condition:
The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad has largely been a batting paradise this season. It is known to be one of the highest-scoring venues in the IPL.
Teams batting first have won majority of the games, and so the captain winning the toss would prefer to set a big target on the score board and defend it against the opposition.
PBKS Predicted XI:
Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (C), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson
Impact Player: Rahul Chahar
SRH Predicted XI:
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (C), Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami
Impact Player options: Rahul Chahar
The mindset of Head Coach Ricky Ponting and skipper Shreyas Iyer in terms of their strategies, planning and the role management has given a different kind of energy this year to the team, where the responsibility has been divided perfectly amongst the players as to who will be the aggregators, accelerators and the ones who will consolidate the innings in pressure or tense situations.
Which of the two teams gets past the finish line and is able to beat the other will be for the cricket lovers to see for themselves, but with the performances seen in this edition, the predictability for Punjab Kings to walk away with the win seems higher than Sunrisers Hyderabad clinching the victory on their home ground.
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