Today on April 26, Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad will witness the implacable match between Kings XI Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad. This match is going to be the 25th match of this season. The SRH squad is bustling with confidence after their thrilling win over MI on this Tuesday night. After making 118 runs in totality which is slated as the lowest total in the whole Indian Premier League 2018, SRH still walked away with a thunderous win as their bowlers bundled out MI for 87.
Meanwhile, Kings XI Punjab is also on a roll. They have 5 wins out of six and are on a 4-match winning band. In their latest match, they only managed 143, yet walked away with two points from the match after binding the Delhi Daredevils to 139-8.
Earlier these two teams met when SRH were blown away by KXIP’s Chris Gayle in IPL.
Team Head to Head
-Overall chart of the teams:
Both the teams have played 11 matches where Sunrisers Hyderabad won 8 and Kings XI Punjab won 3
-On the same venue that is Hyderabad has witnessed 5 matches where Sunrisers Hyderabad won 4 and Kings XI Punjab won 1.
-When these two teams met earlier this season on Match 16 – KXIP commanded after they successfully defended 193 and restrained the Sunrisers to 178-4.
Trivia
Sunrisers Hyderabad has an outstanding record in IPL matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. They have won 22 and lost 11 of their home matches. Recently, they have won 8 of their last 10 matches at the venue.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s scoring rate against pace this season is 8.37 and against spin, it drops to 6.72.
Kings XI Punjab is the only team to score at more than 10 runs an over in the first six overs. Their scoring rate in the powerplay overs this season reads 10.30.
Sunrisers Hyderabad has the best economy rate in the powerplay overs this season – 6.91.