Injuries to Bhuvneshwar and Marsh increased the Sunrisers' troubles, winning only two matches in a season; Punjab bottom after losing 4 consecutive matches

Posted on 8th Oct 2020 by rohit kumar

The 22nd match of the 13th season of IPL will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab in Dubai today. The Hyderabad team's balance has deteriorated after Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mitchell Marsh were ruled out of the tournament due to injury. He has won 2 matches so far in the season. However, Punjab's condition in the league is also not good. He is at the bottom of the Punjab Points table after losing the last 4 out of 5 matches.

 

Talking about the last 5 matches played between the two, Hyderabad has won 3 and the Punjab team has won 2 matches. In the 2 matches between the two teams last season, they both won 1–1 matches.

 

Important responsibility on Warner and Bairstow

Hyderabad captain David Warner and opener Johnny Bairstow will be responsible for giving the team a good start. Manish Pandey has not been able to do anything special so far. In such a situation, these three batsmen will have to score runs from above to reduce the pressure on young players.

 

Bowling on Rashid Khan

With Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mitchell Marsh injured, the bowling responsibility for the team has come on spinner Rashid Khan. Rashid has been seen returning to rhythm in the last few matches. In the last match against Mumbai, Rashid took one wicket for 22 runs in 4 overs. In such a match, the team will have a lot of expectations from them.

 

Apart from Rahul and Mayank, the rest of Punjab batsmen are not running.

Punjab captain Lokesh Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are in the top-3 in terms of scoring the most runs so far in the season. But the poor form of middle-order batsmen including Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan remains a concern for the team.

 

Punjab bowling weak in death over

Punjab bowlers are bowling brilliantly in the early overs, but their bowling in the death overs is not stopping the team from defending a big score. Mohammed Shami has taken 8 wickets in 5 matches and Sheldon Cottrell has taken 5 wickets in 5 matches. Ravi Bishnoi has impressed everyone with his sharp bowling.

 

Mumbai-Hyderabad expensive players

The most expensive player from Hyderabad is David Warner. The franchise will give them Rs 12.50 crore for the season. It is followed by Manish Pandey (11 crore), the other expensive player in the team. At the same time, Captain Lokesh Rahul is the most expensive player in Punjab with a price of 11 crores and Glenn Maxwell 10.75 crores.

 

Pitch and Weather Report

The sky will be clear during the match in Dubai. The temperature is likely to be between 24 and 39 degrees Celsius. The pitch can help the batsmen. Being a slow wicket here will also help the spinners a lot. The team that wins the toss will like to bat first. The success rate of the first batting team's victory in the last 61 T20s held here before this IPL in Dubai is 55.74%.

 

Total T20: 61 on this ground

 

First Batting Team Won: 34

 

The first bowling team won: 26

 

Average team score in first innings: 144

 

Team average score in second innings: 122

 

Hyderabad won the title 2 times

Hyderabad has also played the final three times (2018, 2016, 2009) and won twice (2016, 2009). At the same time, Punjab is yet to win the IPL title. Punjab has reached the finals only once in 2014.

 

Hyderabad's success rate higher than Punjab in IPL

Hyderabad has a success rate of 53.09% in the IPL. Hyderabad has played 113 matches so far, out of which it has won 60 matches and lost 53. At the same time, Punjab has a success rate of 45.58%. Punjab has played 181 matches so far, out of which it has won 83 and lost 98.