Tomorrow's IPL Match: PBKS vs SRH; who’ll win Chennai vs Kolkata clash? Fantasy team, pitch report and more
Tomorrow's IPL Match: Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will clash on April 9 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium in Mohali. Both Punjab and Hyderabad will look to continue their winning run and move up the points table. SRH and PBKS are at number 5 and 6, respectively.
Punjab have played 4 matches so far and won 2 of those. PBKS, led by Shikhar Dhawan, won their first match, lost the next two and won their fourth match against Gujarat Titans (GT) by 3 wickets. Hyderabad, on the other hand, lost the first match, won the next and then lost the third match.
They won their fourth match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) by 6 wickets. Punjab and Hyderabad have played 21 IPL matches so far. PBKS have won 7 of those and SRH 14.
Punjab’s highest total against SRH so far is 211, and Hyderabad’s highest score against PBKS is 212. The Sunrisers have won 3 of the last 5 matches between the two. Shikhar Dhawan (C), Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Sam Curran, Aiden Markram (VC), Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Heinrich Klaasen (WK).
Mohali's pitch is India's fastest and helps fast bowlers with its bounce. Teams often bowl first and take advantage of early moisture. Since 2018, the team batting second usually wins.
Spinners take far fewer wickets than fast bowlers. Before this season, Punjab won 30 of 56 games here. The average first innings score is 168.
Pacers have taken 446 wickets so far; spinners 188. The temperature will be around 32 degrees in Mohali when the match starts. It will cool down to 24 degrees (real feel 22 degrees) by the end of the match.
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