Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings XI Punjab, Indian Premier League 2020, Today Match Prediction 08 Oct 2020

srh vs kxip Match Prediction & Analysis

Welcome to the match preview of the 22nd match of Indian Premier League between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both teams are not having a good season so far and are languishing at the last two spots of the points table. Kings XI Punjab has it`s openers fighting it out for the orange cup but their team has the wooden spoon currently. They were crushed by 10 wickets by the Chennai Super Kings in the last match. Sunrisers Hyderabad lost their previous game against Mumbai Indians by 34 runs. They are handicapped by the injuries to Mitchell Marsh and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar this season and are ruled out of this season. We can expect a good contest between two sides that are desperate for points after string of losses.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Sunrisers Hyderabad Preview

Skipper KL Rahul (63 runs) notched up his second fifty this season and Mayank Agarwal (26 runs), Mandeep Singh (27 runs), and Nicholas Pooran (33 runs) played little cameos around him. KXIP ended with 178 runs on board in their 20 overs with some late boundaries from Maxwell and Sarfaraz. Their batting will have a tall task of scoring additional 10-20 runs to compensate their weak bowling unit.

Their bowling unit was left clueless by the CSK openers as they won the match without losing a single wicket. Mohammed Shami and Sheldon Cotrell have performed well at the top but have struggled at the death. Ravi Bishnoi has been impressive this season and is putting up his best efforts with the ball. They will have a dilemma between Chris Jordan and Mujeeb Ur Rehman in this match.

Top players to bet on:

KL Rahul - Rahul has scored 302 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 140+. He will look to continue his good form with the bat in this match too alongside his batting partner Mayank Agarwal at the top.

Mohammed Shami - Shami is the leading wicket-taker for KXIP but has been erratic in crunch situations giving the advantage to opposition. He has 8 wickets in the 5 matches played so far.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI:

KL Rahul (c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Jordan/Mujeeb ur Rehman, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell

Sunrisers Hyderabad Actual Playing XI:

Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, S Sharma, KS Williamson, David Warner, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma

Kings XI Punjab Preview

Sunrisers Hyderabad were unable to chase a stiff target of 208 runs against strong Mumbai Indians bowling unit. David Warner registered his first fifty of the season while Johny Bairstow (25 runs) and Manish pandey (30 runs) to keep up the scoring tempo early in the innings. Their middle order comprises of young exciting players Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, and Abdul Samad will need to continue their good form with the bat.

SRH bowling unit relies heavily on the likes of Rashid Khan and T Natarajan in the absence of Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Sandeep Sharma and Siddharth Kaul must bowl more effective lines to control the run flow. They must recalibrate the fifth bowling option in the team as it looks like a eminent weakness currently.

Top players to bet on:

David Warner - Warner after getting starts in a couple of matches played a good knock of 60 runs off 44 balls. he will look to finish the matches and not leave behind too many runs for their inexperienced middle order.

T Natarajan - Natarajan has been the find of the year owing to his ability to bowl yorkers. He bowled superbly in Sharjah with bowling figures of 4-0-29-0 to restrict the batsmen in crucial overs.

Kings XI Punjab Predicted Playing XI:

David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson/Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab Actual Playing XI:

Arshdeep Singh, Sheldon Cottrell, Simran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Ravi Bishnoi, Glenn Maxwell, Mayank Agarwal

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Dubai is expected to have a hot and humid weather with no possibilities of weather interuptions. 

Venue Details

Dubai has been a good hunting ground for the batsmen as they have scored 180-200 runs consistently. The pitch might slow down in the second innings and dew might also come into play in the later stages. 

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first has won 8 out of the 9 matches played at Dubai and we expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.