IPL 2024, PBKS vs SRH: Both Teams Unchanged as Punjab Kings Opt to Bowl vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Punjab Kings (PBKS) skipper Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and opted to field first against Pat Cummins’s Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur on Tuesday.

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SRH and PBKS have faced each other in 21 matches in IPL. Out of these 21 games, Hyderabad have won 14 whereas Punjab have come out victorious on 7 occasions.

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings look like two teams with the same journey. With two wins from four games, SRH are fifth and PBKS are sixth, sitting in the middle of the points table.

Shikhar Dhawan said PBKS are unchanged from their last game.

“We’ll bowl first. The wicket will stay the same, so look to restrict them to a low score. We were lucky to have won the last match, it’s good that we’re not depending on any one player. We’ve won two games, looking forward to a good run. He’s still recovering (on Liam Livingstone), we’re playing the same team,” Shikhar Dhawan said after winning the toss.

Pat Cummins also said SRH are unchanged from their last game.

“We would have bowled first as well. Overall happy with the way we’ve been going, two wins and we could have had one more game going our way. We’ve got good strength and some depth. Samer team as the last game,” Pat Cummins said at the toss.

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PBKS vs SRH Playing XIs –

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Sam Curran, Shashank Singh, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh

Subs – Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan

Subs – Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi

(With inputs from Agencies)