Tata IPL 2022 – SRH vs PBKS, match preview, predicted lineups
Punjab Kings play Sunrisers Hyderabad for the second time in Tata IPL 2022 as the season nears it’s conclusion. Both teams will be looking for a win here.
Date & Time : 22nd May 2022, 7:30 PM IST
Venue : Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Punjab Kings are already out of the tournament and given this is the last league fixture this season will give their all and win it. They will have to play quality cricket.
PBKS are at seventh in the points table after 13 games with 12 points.
Punjab batting is a solid unit and they just need to go out their and perform to the best of their abilities and leave the rest to luck. The same goes for their bowling.
PBKS won their games against, PBKS, CSK (2), MI, GT & RCB. They lost to KKR, GT, SRH, DC (2), LSG & RR.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad are too out of this tournament but they would like to end the tournament on a winning note. They won in their first game against Punjab this season.
SRH are at the eighth position in the table after 13 games with 12 points.
Hyderabad won’t be with Williamson for the final game and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will captain them, so his captaincy will be tested. Batting wise they have the batting to score them the runs while bowling wise they have Umran Malik amongst their ranks.
SRH won their games against CSK, GT, KKR, PBKS, RCB & MI. They lost to RR, LSG, GT, CSK, DC, RCB & KKR.
In terms of the head to head, Hyderabad are way ahead with 13 wins to 5 of PBKS out of the 18 played.
For the pitch, it will aid batting but good bowlers should reap rewards.
Team news and possible lineups
There are no fresh injury concerns for both sides at the moment.
PBKS XI : Bairstow, S. Dhawan, Rajapaksa, Livingstone, Agarwal (C), J. Sharma (WK), Brar, R. Dhawan, Rabada, R. Chahar, A. Singh.
SRH XI : A. Sharma, P. Garg, Tripathi, Markram, Pooran (WK), Phillips, Sundar, B. Kumar (C), Farooqi, U. Malik, Natarajan/Tyagi.
Prediction
Toss is important with teams looking to chase.
