Find out team news, TV and streaming information, odds, weather forecasts and much, much more ahead of the next game of the 2021 Indian Premier League season
Sunrisers Hyderabad meet Punjab Kings in the 2021 Indian Premier League.
The game is scheduled for 6pm UAE (3pm BST, 7.30pm IST) on Saturday, September 25, 2021.
The two sides will meet at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Both sides have endured a pretty torrid IPL campaign thus far, but Sunrisers Hyderbad have had a sorry time of it. Bottom of the table, with just one victory to their name, they enter the clash on the back of a brutal 8 wicket defeat at the hands of Delhi Capitals.
Their batting has simply not been good enough, often appearing stodgy and one-paced.
There needs to be a serious turnaround in form if Sunrisers are to compete.
Punjab Kings arrive having lost a game they had all but sown up, failing to score the 8 runs they needed from two overs, largely thanks to a superb final over from Rajasthan Royals’ Kartik Tyagi.
They’ve won three games in the tournament thus far, and while they have by no means been a consistently good side, they have the ingredients to compete with the best, and are clear favourites entering the fixture.
Punjab Kings are heavily fancied to win this one, with Dafabet offering odds of 8/13. Sunrisers Hyderabad are available at 5/4.
Dafabet are backing David Warner to top-score for Sunrisers, offering odds of 21/10. KL Rahul is available at 15/8 for Punjab Kings.
Sunrisers really don’t have much cause to shout from the rooftops right now, but in Abdul Samad they have a gem.
At just 19, Samad looked in control as he top-scored with 28 against Delhi Capitals in their last fixture. A lot of weight is on the young right-handers shoulders: Samad has at times looked like the only Sunrisers middle-order man capable of playing a modern T20 innings.
Kings boast Nicholas Pooran and Aiden Markram, two of the more in-form batters in the world of T20.
Markram has had something of a breakthrough season: he has never quite clicked in the short form of the game until recently, despite his obvious ability, but has now cemented his place at the top of South Africa’s batting order.
After failing to see Kings over the line against Rajasthan, he will be sorely hoping to go one step further this time and hit his side to victory.
Sunrisers replacement overseas Sherfane Rutherford has left the team bubble following the news of his father’s death, while bowler Umran Malik joins the squad as a temporary replacement for T Natarajan, who is in quarantine.
They may also consider leaving David Warner out of the side following his poor run of form, with England’s Jason Roy the frontrunner to replace him, should the change be made.
Punjab Kings may be tempted to tweak their bowler heavy line-up, though it’s likely they will remain unchanged.
The two teams have played each other 17 times.
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 12
Punjab Kings wins: 5
Temperatures are set to hit 35 Celsius at the start of this game.
Follow the Met Office forecast here.
Yes, a limited number of fans are allowed to attend games during the IPL's UAE leg.
Sunrisers will be desperate for another win, but they appear to all intents and purpose a thoroughly dejected outfit. Punjab Kings will be keen to bounce back from their ridiculous defeat last time around, and could not have chosen a better opponent to do so against. Kings to win.
IPL TEAM GUIDES
Sky Sports have the rights in the United Kingdom.
You can aso stream the tournament using the Disney+ Hotstar digital platform, though the matches are only available for VIP or Premium subscribers.
Star Sports have the television rights in India.
Streaming service YuppTV have acquired digital streaming rights in a host of markets, including Australia, continental Europe, Malaysia, Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Central Asia, and Central and South America.
In the USA, the games will be broadcast on Willow TV and the Willow TV website. Fox Sports have the broadcasting rights in Australia, while Supersport will televise the games in South Africa. In the Caribbean, Flow TV have the rights.
The following broadcasters owning the rights for their respective regions:
Bangladesh: Channel 9
Afghanistan: Lemar TV
Malaysia: Measat
MENA/UAE: BeIN Sport
Hong Kong: Now TV
Singapore: SingTel
New Zealand: Sky Sport
Papua New Guinea: EMTV
Sunrisers Hyderabad squad: Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jason Roy
Punjab Kings squad: KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar, Nathan Ellis
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Fabian Allen, Adil Rashid, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Ishan Porel
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