Punjab Kings vs SunRisers Hyderabad Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 28, PBKS vs SRH

Punjab Kings vs SunRisers Hyderabad Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 28, PBKS vs SRH. Punjab Kings will face SunRisers Hyderabad in the 28th match of IPL 2022. The match starts on Apr 17 at 3:30 pm in Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai. Punjab Kings will be delighted after their win against the five-time IPL champions in Mumbai Indians.

Odean Smith was once again given the last over of the game after a forgettable last over against GT. The strong West Indian all-rounder had a plan this time around and made sure that Punjab are pocketing 2 points to stabilize their position at the top of the table.

Punjab Kings have no availability issues and they are likely to go in with the same winning combination that played against Mumbai Indians. Since PBKS has two openers Mayank Agarwal and Shikhar Dhawan already in place, PBKS has decided to use Jonny Bairstow at #3 which would require him to bat in middle overs where spinners would primarily be in operation.

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In theory, this should work as Jonny Bairstow is a very good player of spin bowling but he is struggling to tee off right away without the powerplay cushion. It will be interesting to see how Jonny Bairstow responds to the No.3 spot in the upcoming games.

Rahul Chahar showed brilliant character in the previous game against Mumbai Indians. He gave away 29 runs in his first over, as MI batter Dewald Brevis showed no mercy against him, but he came back to bowl the remaining 3 overs for just 15 runs and helped his team to win the game quite convincingly in the end.

Jitesh Sharma has scored 79 in three games at an impressive strike rate of 183.72 and an average of 39.50. In his last outing against Mumbai Indians on Wednesday, Jitesh Sharma scored an unbeaten 15-ball 30 to propel Punjab’s total to 198 runs at the end of the innings.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to take on Kolkata Knight Riders in a high-intensity clash on Friday (April 15th) before facing Punjab Kings on April 17th (Sunday). SunRisers Hyderabad lost their first two matches this season but bounced back with a win against defending Chennai Super Kings and went on to hand Gujarat Titans their only defeat this season till now.

SunRisers Hyderabad has won two consecutive games but has its own set of problems. Their batting is weak in the lower middle order and losing their best bowler spinner Washington Sundar due to an injury has hurt their bowling attack. Sunrisers Hyderabad all-rounder Washington Sundar will miss the next two games for his team after splitting the webbing of his bowling hand.

Apart from Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi also injured himself during the match against GT but he will be available. Rahul Tripathi suffered a calf injury but later SRH management confirmed that it was a cramp and the batter is 100% fit.

Punjab Kings vs SunRisers Hyderabad Head To Head Records, IPL 2022, Match 28, PBKS vs SRH

These sides have met in 18 IPL matches so far, and SRH has won the 12 games while the Punjab team has won just 6. Notably, the Punjab-based side walked away with a five-run triumph when these two sides met last in IPL 2021.

David Warner, ex-SRH skipper has an extremely good record while facing PBKS in IPL. He has scored the most runs (700) in the T20 matches played between these sides in the IPL, followed by KL Rahul (307) and Shikhar Dhawan (259).

Chris Gayle, playing for Punjab Kings smashed a superb century against SRH in IPL 2018. Among the bowlers, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the highest wicket-taker (20), followed by leg spinner Rashid Khan and pacer Sandeep Sharma (18 wickets each).

Both the teams last met in the 37th match of IPL 2021 in Sharjah. PBKS batted first and managed only 125/7 in their allotted 20 overs. For SRH, Jason Holder took three wickets for 19 runs in four overs.

However, ex-Punjab Kings leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi was the star for PBKS in this low-scoring encounter as he snared three wickets for 24 runs to restrict SRH to 120/7 in 20 overs to win the clash for PBKS by just five runs.