This article will talk about the probable XIs for both teams and continue with the Dream11 predictions and the winning fantasy team for the 37th game of the IPL 2021 between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings that is scheduled to take place on the 25th of September 2021.
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings, both of whom are at the bottom of the standings will take on each other in an important must-win clash for either team in the IPL 2021. While SRH has won just a solitary game from their 8, the KL Rahul-led Punjab have won 3 of their 9. However, the Sunrisers can take heart from the fact the only win they obtained this season was against PBKS whom they defeated by 9 wickets.
Sunrisers Hyderabad was outplayed by a dominant Delhi Capitals in their last game losing the game by 8 wickets with more than 2 overs to spare. The SRH batting didn’t come to the party with most of their main players like Warner, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey struggled to get going. It took 20+ scores from lower-order batters Rashid Khan and Abdul Samad to reach 136. This wasn’t enough as the Rishabh Pant and Shreyas Iyer chased down the target in a canter leaving nothing for the SRH bowlers.
Punjab Kings would be really looking at how they lost their previous game against the Rajasthan Royals. Bowling first, they kept the Royals’ batters at check in the fag end of the innings with Arshdeep Singh taking a 5for and Shami bowling well. They kept the score down to 185 despite the fact that RR had made 164 in about 16 overs with enough wickets in the shed. Mayank and Rahul provided them with a good start and the duo even shared a 100-run partnership. Then the pair of Pooran and Markran took the game till the last where they needed 4 runs with 8 wickets remaining. But a stunning last over from Kartik Tyagi dented PBKS’ hopes of a win as he gave away just 1.
Match Details
Venue: Sharjah Cricket ground, Sharjah
Pitch and Weather: It will be a great batting surface here at Sharjah in the early part of the tournament and it was evident in the previous season where 200+ scores were achieved by teams easily in the first few games played here. This is the first fixture here this year and is expected to be a belter with short boundaries. The weather is likely to be sunny with the temperature touching to the late 30s even though it is a 6.00 PM start.
Date & Time: September 25, 6.00 PM Local time, 7.30 PM IST
Probable Playing XIs
Punjab Kings will be happy with the fact that their pacers Mohammad Shami and Arshdeep doing a commendable job in the last game while will be concerned with the spinner Adil Rashid’s performance on his debut. Deepak Hooda had a game to forget while the PBKS on the whole will want a better outcome from this game. Chris Jordan is likely to return to the playing XI.
SRH will want to bounce back from their rare slump. After all, they are a side who have been in playoffs in the last 4 seasons and are in danger of being the 1st team to be eliminated if they lose another game. The senior batsman needs to contribute more which would increase SRH’s chances of winning.
Punjab Kings
KL Rahul(C & WK), Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shahrukh Khan/ Deepak Hooda, Adil Rashid/ Fabian Allen, Mohammad Shami, Harpreet Brar, Chris Jordan, Akshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Kedar Jadhav, Mohammad Nabi/Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma
Match Prediction
Punjab Kings will be the favorites to win their 4th game of this IPL and they couldn’t have asked a better opponent to meet than SRH to get their campaign back on track.
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Fantasy Tips
Batsmen: Mayank Agarwal scored a superlative 67 in the last game for the PBKS and though the team lost, he should be definte pick. Kane Williamson despite struggling in the last game is a class act and can be part of the fantasy XI. Aidan Markram looked solid in the debut IPL game and is useful with the ball as well. Finally, the impressive Abdul Samad can be picked as the 4th batsman.
Wicket-Keeper: 2 prolific batsmen and keepers from the PBKS side KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran can be the keeper-batsman in the XI. Both of them scored runs in the last game and are known to make big runs.
All-rounders: Jason Holder is a utility player who can be selected as the lone all-rounder in the fantasy XI.
Bowlers: Mohammad Shami can be one of the bowlers who can be chosen in the fantasy XI along with impressive Arshdeep Singh from the Punjab Kings. The duo took 8 wickets among them in the previous game. Rashid Khan can be one of the bowlers who can be chosen in the fantasy XI along with experienced Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Captaincy Choices
Fantasy Team: KL Rahul(C), Mayank Agarwal, Kane Williamson(WK), Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Arsdeep Singh
Captain – KL Rahul
Punjab skipper is the leading run-scorer for his team and is expected to be amongst runs in this game as well.
Vice-Captain – Kane Williamson
The Kiwi skipper has had a couple of great months in cricket and is in a rich vein of form. So he can be made the vice-captain of the side.
Dream11 Team
