The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League.
The match will be played Sunday, May 22 with play starting at 7.30pm local time (3pm GMT).
The game will be held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The last group game of IPL 2022 is a dead rubber between the competition's two most inconsistent teams.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are the IPL's streakiest team having lost their first two, then going on a five-game winning run, then losing their next five until they arrested the slide with victory over Mumbai Indians last time out.
By contrast, Punjab Kings have failed to put together back-to-back wins this season, losing seven and winning six of their 13 group games.
SRH won the battle between these two earlier in the season by seven wickets. Aiden Markram and Nicholas Pooran showed rare form to finish the match well after new fast bowling sensation Umran Malik took 4 for 28.
The contrast in form of PBKS’ England overseas has matched their inconsistent results. Liam Livingstone has had an excellent season and is 12th top scorer in the competition. No one has scored more runs at a higher strike rate.
He has also taken six wickets and been a useful sixth bowling option for Mayank Agarwal’s side. Meanwhile, Jonny Bairstow’s form has picked up of late – 66 and 56 against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals respectively – but finds himself 37th on the overall list after an initial run of low scores.
Liam Livingstone (BCCI)
Livingstone has an excellent record against pace and they do not come much quicker than Umran Malik. The cleanest six-hitter against the fastest bowler of IPL 2022 is a match-up not to be missed.
Elsewhere, Rahul Chahar against Kane Williamson will be an intriguing battle. With both sides’ bowling stronger this season than their batting, Williamson’s speciality of chasing low to middling scores will be needed.
Matches played: 19
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 13
Punjab Kings wins: 6
A warm day is expected in Mumbai, with highs of 33 degrees Celsius, falling to 30 degrees by first ball of the match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell
Umran Malik [BCCI]
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.
Punjab Kings: Jonny Bairstow, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Liam Livingstone, Mayank Agarwal (c), Jitesh Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma.
The bookies make Punjab Kings favourites for this match with 10/11 odds. SRH are 42/41 to win tomorrow.
Neither side have anything but pride to play for in their last match of the IPL group phase. Punjab Kings have the form and are more likely to win this one.
But it is worth switching on for when Bairstow and Livingstone are at the crease, giving everyone a taste of what to expect in England’s white-ball internationals this summer.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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