David Warner-led Sunrisers Hyderabad desperate for first victory in IPL-14 after hat-trick of defeats; Punjab Kings look to get back to winning ways
Sunrisers Hyderabad players celebrate the dismissal of Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma at Chennai last Saturday. Pic/BCCI; IPL
Bruised and battered after suffering a hat-trick of defeats, a desperate Sunrisers Hyderabad would seek inspiration from skipper David Warner to arrest any further slide when they take on Punjab Kings in an IPL match here today.
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SRH couldn’t have asked for a worse start to the season as they slumped to three straight defeats, and in all occasions while chasing.
Punjab are a tad better than SRH, having registered one win out of three games to be placed at seventh in the standings, a rung above their today’s opponents.
David Warner
Chasing has been Sunrisers’ achilles’ heel so far in the league. They failed to get past a low score against Mumbai Indians in their last match.
SRH have been hit hard by the lack of depth in their playing XI and below-par Indian bench strength. In these circumstances, the onus rests on Warner to do some magic and inspire his side to bounce back in the tournament. A big innings is due from the SRH captain as he has scored just 93 runs from the three matches he has played so far with the 54 against Royals Challengers Bangalore being the highest.
He also needs some serious introspection before deciding his playing XI. Punjab too are on a losing streak after the win in their tournament opener over Rajasthan Royals. They lost to Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.
After a batting collapse against CSK, Punjab made a significant improvement and rode on skipper KL Rahul (61) and Mayank Agarwal (69) fifties to post a challenging 195 for four against DC.
But a below-par effort from their bowlers spoiled the hardwork of the openers.
Mohammed Shami has not been in his best form so far and leaked runs but what would be a concern for KL Rahul is the performance of Australian pace duo of Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith.
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