The Punjab Kings are set to take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad in what will be the 23rd match of the IPL on Tuesday 9 April. The match will be held at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur and we will look at the match from a betting perspective.
The Kings are 6th on the log and 28/1 to win the tournament with the Sunrisers 5th on the table and 7/1 for IPL glory.
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Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Punjab Kings went head-to-head with the Gujarat Titans in their most recent encounter that took place in Ahmedabad on the 4th of April. The game started with the Punjab Kings winning the toss and choosing to field, and although they picked up an early wicket they struggled to take more throughout the game with the Titans ending on 199/4. Top bowler was Kagiso Rabada who took 2 wickets for 44 runs in his 4 over spell.
The Punjab Kings put themselves under pressure with the bat in hand losing an early wicket, but they then managed to stabilise and create some partnerships which led them towards the victory with just 1 ball remaining and 3 wickets in hand. Top batsman was Shashank Singh who scored 61 runs off 29 balls.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad took on the Chennai Super Kings in their most recent game on the 5th of April in Hyderabad, where they won the toss and chose to field first. They started well with the ball in hand, keeping their opponents at a relatively low run rate while picking up a regular wickets. They managed to keep things tight and they restricted the Super Kings to a total of 165/5. Top bowler was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who took 1 wicket for 28 runs in 4 overs.
The Sunrisers started smacking the ball around the park from the get-go and they lost their first wicket in the 3rd over while they were on 46 runs. Things then slowed down slightly but they stayed ahead of the curve and chased down the total winning the match by 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining. Top batsman was Aidan Markram who scored 50 runs off 36 balls.
Head-To-Head
These sides have met 21 times in the IPL so far with Hyderabad winning 14 of these games and the Kings winning the remaining 7 games. The last time they met the Kings batted first putting up a low total of 143/9 which the Sunrisers chased down with ease winning the match by 8 wickets.
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Betting – click here to bet
Punjab Kings 2.05
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1.80
Suggested Bet: Sunrisers total sixes – over 8.5 at 1.90
In their last game they chased down an average total and put 8 sixes over the boundary rope, I believe this game will be higher scoring and result in more sixes and lets not forget they have managed 18 sixes in a single innings already this season.
Suggested Bet: Shikhar Dhawan top Punjab batter at 2.65
He has been in decent form this IPL without truly firing, scoring 138 runs in 4 innings. I get the impression he is ready to really step things up and will back him to be his teams top bat.
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