IPL 2021 Highlights PBKS vs SRH: Jonny Bairstow, bowlers star in SRH's nine-wicket win against Punjab Kings

Right-arm pacer Siddharth Kaul is introduced into the attack.

FOUR! The Gayle force shows first signs of getting into gear. Back of a length outside off, Gayle makes little room, charges forward and swats the ball over mid-on for four. PBKS are 26/1 after 5 overs.

Just four off the over. PBKS are 19/1 after 4 overs

Chris Gayle is the new man in!

OUT! KL Rahul is gone with a nothing shot. He tries to pull a fullish delivery from the Indian pacer, mistimes it and ends up handing a simple catch to Kedar Jadhav at mid-wicket. He is gone for 4

FOUR! First boundary of the innings comes off Mayank's bat. Khaleel's second ball is short and wide and allowed Mayank to free his arms and cut over the point region four 4.

Six runs from that over. PBKS 15/0 after 3 overs

5000 runs for KL Rahul in T20 cricket. 6 off the over. PBKS 9/0 after 2 overs

DROPPED! Rashid Khan drops Mayank Agarwal. How costly will this prove to be? After bowling five great deliveries, Sharma goes short. Mayank rocks back and goes over mid-wicket. Rashid Khan runs to his left in the deep and attempts to catch it on the slide, but misses it!

Abhishek Sharma concedes just three runs from the first over. He kept it tight with bowling wicket to wicket and bowling into the slot.

PBKS openers KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal have walked out to open.

Abhishek Sharma with the new ball.

The umpires are out followed by PBKS openers and the SRH playing XI.

David Warner has scored 9 fifties in his last 10 innings vs PBKS. Some stat, that!

The much-waited arrival, for SRH fans especially, of Kane Williamson has finally happened. The Kiwi stalwart is back after regaining match fitness.

"Everyone in this franchise are positive - need to learn from the mistakes, those little things in the game. Conditions over here are very different to what we encountered in Dubai last season. Need to bowl well and get back to winning ways," said SRH captain David Warner at the toss.

->KL Rahul is 1 run away from completing 5000 runs across T20s.

->KL Rahul is 1 six away from completing 200 sixes across T20s.

->Henriques is 9 runs away from completing 4000 runs across T20s.

->Moises Henriques is 2 catches away from completing 100 catches across T20s.

->David Warner is 83 runs away from completing 10000 runs across T20s.

->Chris Gayle is 10 fours away from completing 400 fours in IPL.

->David Warner is 1 fifty away from completing 50 fifties in IPL.

->David Warner is 2 sixes away from completing 200 sixes in IPL.

->Mayank Agarwal is 41 runs away from completing 1000 runs for Punjab Kings in IPL.

SRH Playing XI: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul

Team News: Kedar Jadhav makes SRH debut, Kane Williamson makes season debut

IN: Kane Williamson, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav

OUT: Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Mujeeeb Ur Rahman

PBKS Playing XI: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh

Team News: Moises Henriques and Fabian Allen will make their debut for PBKS

IN: M Ashwin, Fabian Allen and Moises Henriques

OUT: Jalaj Saxena, Jhye Richardon, Riley Meredith

Everyone in this franchise are positive - need to learnfrom the jmistakes, those little things in. Kane Williamson is in, he replaces Mujeeb. Samad is out with a hamstring pull, Kedar replaces him, Manish misses out as well, replaced by Siddarth Kaul. Conditions over here are very different to what we encountered in Dubai last season. Need to bowl well and get back to winning ways

We will bat first. Pretty obvious decision, put the runs on the board and defend it. Two changes for us - Meredith and Gayle miss out; Fabian Allen and Moises Henriques in - we are pretty clear, everyone have been given responsibilities - we're a new team, will take time for the roles to sink in. A couple of wins. the belief will be back

Punjab Kings win the toss, they will bat first.

News from the middle. Fabian Allen and Moises Henriques are making their PBKS debuts, while Kedar Jadhav will feature in SRH colours for the first time.

Top scorer- KL Rahul- 238 runs | David Warner- 661 runs

Highest Individual Score- 104* by Chris Gayle | 97 by Jonny Bairstow

Most Successful Bowler- Arshdeep Singh- 6 wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar- 18 wickets

Best Bowling Figures in an innings- 3/17 by Chris Jordan| 5/19 Bhuvneshwar Kumar

"The square boundaries are pretty short on both sides - 64m at one end, 68m at the other. This is once again the same track that was used for the second Test of the India-England series. It's quite dark, it's pretty dry as well. This is the same pitch that was used for the SRH-RCB game, where there was plenty of turn available. A bat-first pitch, bat sensibly and post a decent total on the board," Murali Kartik said in his pitch report

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SRH Predicted XI: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan

PBKS Predicted XI: Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (capt, wk), Chris Gayle, Dawid Malan, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Jhye Richardson, Jalaj Saxena, Mohammed Shami, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh

->For the first time in the history of the IPL, SRH have lost 3 consecutive matches from the start of the season.

->Another defeat would dim down their chances of qualifying for playoffs.

-> Moreover, another defeat would mean they will enter an unwanted list of teams losing 4 or more matches at the start of the season.