Sunrisers Vs Punjab Kings

 SRH vs PBKS Live Score, IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad look for elusive win against Punjab Kings

IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings Live Score: Punjab Kings are on a high after registering back-to-back wins in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). They will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad, who finished at the eighth spot in the last two editions, SRH would have hoped for a better start to the season but they ended up suffering two crushing defeated.

Punjab had defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by seven runs via DLS in Mohali and then pipped Rajasthan Royals by five runs in a high-scoring match in Guwahati. Punjab are still missing Liam Livingstone, who is likely to join the squad next week. Bhanuka Rajapaksa might miss the match after being hit on the forehand in Guwahati. Interestingly, Nathan Ellis’ performance has forced Kagiso Rabada to warm the bench.

For SRH, Aiden Markram’s return also didn’t change their fate as he failed to trouble the scorers. Harry Brook, too has struggled against the spinners in both matches. It will take an extraordinary effort from Sunrisers to beat this Punjab unit.

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SRH vs PBKS Live: Venue update

The 203 Royals scored at Hyderabad in the first match, showing it is an absolute belter of a track. Since 2017 the first-innings average had been 163.

SRH vs PBKS Live: Punjab's Rajapaksa woes

Punjab might also miss the services of Bhanuka Rajapaksa who is in good form but had to retire hurt in the last match against the Royals when Shikhar Dhawan's blistering shot hit him on the arm. In case Rajapaksa does not play, Matthew Short can replace him in the playing XI.

SRH vs PBKS Live: Will Kagiso Rabada make the Punjab XI?

Nathan Ellis has been in sensational form in the last two matches against Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders. Against last year's finalist, Ellis picked up 4 wickets which paved the road to victory for his franchise. Against Hyderabad though, PBKS have a selection headache with South African pacer Kagiso Rabada also available. Will PBKS stick with the tried and tested or will they make a change.

SRH vs PBKS Live: Predicted XI

SRH XI: Anmolpreet Singh (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Adil Rashid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik Natarajan. Impact Player – Abhishek Sharma

PBKS XI: Prabhsimran Singh, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, M Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh. Impact Player – Rishi Dhawan