SRH vs PBKS 69th Match Prediction

SRH vs PBKS Team Previews

Sunrisers Hyderabad

The Sunrisers’ latest fixture against the Gujarat Titans was washed out, earning both teams a solitary point. As a result, SRH has now officially qualified for the playoffs. If SRH wins here and the Rajasthan Royals lose their last match, the former will finish in the 2nd place.

A lot will depend on Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma. The duo has proved to be one of the most devastating opening pairs in the League and will yet again look to give the team a strong start.

The middle order’s performance hasn’t been reliable and their inability to score runs has already cost the team a few games. That said, players like Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Reddy can hit the big shots at will and can be quite devastating on their day.

The Sunrisers have a strong pace attack consisting of T Natarajan, Pat Cummins, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, and Jaydev Unadkat. What the team lacks is a solid spin department. 

Punjab Kings

Having already been eliminated from the race to the playoffs, the Punjab Kings put up a brave effort in their latest outing to hand the Rajasthan Royals a thumping loss. They would like to put up a similar performance in this match and end their campaign on a high.

However, that will not be easy as the Punjab Kings will be playing without two of their key players, Sam Curran and Johnny Bairstow, both of whom have departed for England. This means that Chris Woakes could get a chance to start the match.

Most of the heavy lifting in the batting line-up will be done by Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Shashank Singh, and Ashutosh Sharma. The latter two have been in good form this season and provide heft to the middle order.

Harshal Patel is in brilliant form and is the leading wicket-taker of the season with 22 wickets.

He is likely to share the new ball with Arshdeep Singh and Nathan Ellis. Rahul Chahar has bowled well in the last few matches and will lead the spin department.