IPL 2020, SRH vs KXIP: Warner-Led 'Orange Army' Square Off Against Rahul-Skippered Kings XI Punjab At Dubai

The SRH vs KXIP game is scheduled for a 7:30 pm (IST) start with the toss scheduled to be held at 7:00 (pm).

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Kings Eleven Punjab in IPL 2020

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will square off against Kings Eleven Punjab (KXIP) in Match 22 of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) later on Thursday evening at the Dubai International Stadium. The SRH vs KXIP game is scheduled for a 7:30 pm (IST) start with the toss scheduled to be held at 7:00 pm (IST). Both SRH and KXIP come into the match on the back of losing their previous encounters. While SRH lost their last encounter to defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) by 34 runs , KXIP succumbed to their third straight defeat of the season with a 10-wicket trouncing by Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Both KXIP and SRH Are Heavily Dependent On Their Openers To Fire With The Bat Both teams seem to be over reliant on their top order and have issues with their middle order not firing on all cylinders in their games. While the KXIP openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal have provided the team with consistent start and laid a solid platform, the batsmen to follow in Glen Maxwell, Karun Nair and Sarfaraz Khan haven't delivered the goods. There have been some cameos from Windies Nicholas Pooran but it hasn't been enough for the team to end on a winning note. SRH have similar woes with a lot of dependence on their lethal opening duo of David Warner and Jonny Bairstow. While Kiwi batsman Kane Williamson and Manish Pandey has shown some promises with a few eye catching knocks, the rest of the middle order seems a bit unexperienced and brittle. India Under-19 stars Priyam Garg, Adbul Samad and Abhishek Sharma have played a few cameos but will need to be more consistent with his batting efforts. Punjab Bowling Has Been Very Expensive At The Death Bowling has surely been the weaker link of the KXIP franchise right through the tournament so far. With the exception of seamer Mohammad Shami, the rest of the attack in Sheldon Cottrell, M Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi has looked below par especially at the death where they have gone for plenty and lost from winning positions. Bhuvneshwar Kumar's Injury A Big Blow To SRH SRH were dent a major blow with their frontline seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar getting injured and ruled out of the tournament. While the likes of T Natarajan and Sandeep Sharma have fared pretty well, one of Khaleel Ahmed or will have to step in and fill in the big shoes of Bhuvi. Meanwhile SRH named Prithvi Raj Yarra as replacement for injured Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Afghan leg spinner Rashid Khan who has got into his groove with some wicket taking spells in the last 2-3 encounters will once again be the trump card with the ball for the 'Orange Army'. Here are the complete squads for Kings Eleven Punjab and Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2020: Kings XI Punjab: KL Rahul (Captain), Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Mandeep Singh, James Neesham, Tajinder Singh, Chris Jordan, Karun Nair, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sarfaraz Khan, Sheldon Cottrell, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle, Murugan Ashwin, Jagadeesha Suchith, Krishnappa Gowtham, Hardus Viljoen, Simran Singh Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) : Kane Williamson, David Warner (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Virat Singh, Prithvi Yara, Basil Thampi, Abhishek Sharma, Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Mitchell Marsh, Bavanaka Sandeep, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav, Rashid Khan.