KXIP And SRH Match Preview: Warner’s Challenge To KL Rahul

KXIP and SRH Match Preview: David Warner’s challenge to KL Rahul, will Chris Gayle get a chance. KXIP and SRH will face the batsmen of the team on Thursday when they face each other in the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to the failure of the bowlers.

Kings XI have lost four out of five matches so far and the Sunrisers have lost three matches and won two.

Stand Alone Shami: The strong side of Kings XI is his opening pair. Captain KL Rahul is in excellent form and has scored two half-centuries and century, while Mayank Agarwal has scored a century and a half-century.

Both of them have played the main responsibility in batting so far. Nicholas Pooran is also playing a good role, but Glenn Maxwell is yet to play. Despite good batting, Kings XI have lost due to their disappointing bowling.

Barring Muhammad Shami, none of his other bowlers have consistently performed well. His bowlers could not defend the score of 223 against Rajasthan Royals. In the last match against Chennai Super Kings, he lost by 10 wickets despite giving a target of 178 runs.

In such a situation, he now has to face the Sunrisers who have batsmen like Johnny Bairstow, David Warner, Manish Pandey, and Kane Williamson in the top order. All of them would like to take advantage of the weaknesses of Kings XI bowlers.

Lack of Khalegi Bhubaneswar: Sunrisers suffered a 34-run loss to Mumbai Indians on Sunday. The Sunrisers lost the first two matches due to middle-order failure.

In such a situation, Williamson had to be placed in the playing XI instead of an all-rounder, which strengthened his middle order. Captain Warner has had to rely on youngsters Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad as an option for the fifth bowler. This also benefited him and he won two consecutive matches.

However, the team has suffered a setback due to injury due to injury to Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the main pacer. Sunrisers’ attack has weakened in Bhubaneswar’s absence.

Except for T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma and Siddharth Kaul have scored runs. Samad has also proved expensive and Warner had to bowl to Williamson against Mumbai. In such a situation, there will be a lot of pressure on Natarajan and spinner Rashid Khan in the match against Kings XI.

Sunrisers have the option of keeping veteran all-rounder Muhammad Nabi of Afghanistan and Fabian Allen of the West Indies in the playing XI, but Williamson will have to sit out if they are placed in the team.

Teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Johnny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Srivats Goswami, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar, Muhammad Nabi.

Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, B Sandeep, Sanjay Yadav, Fabian Allen, Prithvi Raj Yara, Khalil Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi.

Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (captain), Mayank Agarwal, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, Muhammad Shami, Mujib ur Rehman, Karun Nair, James Neesham, Nicholas Pooran, Ishan Porel, Arshadip Singh.

Murugan Ashwin, Krishnappa Gautam, Harpreet Brar, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mandeep Singh, Darshan Nalakande, Ravi Bishnoi, Simran Singh, Jagdish Suchit, Tajinder Singh, Hardas Villjon.