SRH vs PBKS Highlights, IPL 2021: Bowlers shine as Punjab defend 125 to win thriller by 5 runs against Hyderabad

"I was unsure of what to do. That game it can either make you go deflating or go fearless. Everyone is keen to get ut there and turn this around. We have three changes. Fabien Allen, Porel and Adil Rashid are out. Ellis, Gayle, and Ravi Bishnoi are back in the team. When you are atthe bottom of the table, you are still trying to figure out what your best eleven is. With Chris, it gives me and Mayank a lot of breathing space at the top. Chris has always delivered for us and hope he can do that again for us today"

“We gonna have a bowl, chances of dew coming in later on and it's a small ground. We will try to restrict them to a low score. it's about staying tight together and making small adjustments. It's important to keep coming up with that energy and at times it's easy to reflect on past performances where we have done better but we need to play with that freedom. We are playing the same team.”

SRH win the toss and opt to bowl against Punjab Kings

“We have won only one game. We could have done a lot of things better as a team. One thing from now on for the rest of the games would be that we need to play together as a team and back each other. Just do the simple basics that need be done to play a team sport. A couple of more victories on the way and we will have a lot to learn and lot to take from the season. One of the best (feelings to have won consecutive games to advance to playoffs before). That's when the real team character comes out and that's what SRH is known for. We have done a lot of good work and just need to remember those good things and move forward. It's definitely easier to bat in the top three especially with the wickets in Dubai. Bating No. 4 and in the middle order we need to put the foot down and play smart cricket. We did discuss on a couple of strategic and tactical things to focus on and we will see those today as well.”

“It has been a bit of a roller-coaster but super grateful to be here and for the opportunity. Nice to be involved in a tournament like this, I have enjoyed my first week or so. I did not think we played a bad game of cricket at all (speaking about the last game), obviously didn't get over the line but a lot of positives to take from that game. The focus has been on the last couple of days, we are trying to learn from those mistakes. All in all, lots of good cricket that was played on that night and therefore alot of good positives that we can take into today. Quite a quick turnaround for us, it's about the belief that the skills are gonna be good enough and if we can execute under pressure, hopefully, we can get a good result.”

"Yesterday there was quite some turn on offer. Today we are playing on the adjacent surface. There was 2.9 degrees turn today, the track today is much similar and I can feel that it is much soft and there are some spikes on the surface. I feel it will be better than yesterday, but not too dissimilar."

-Murali Kartik on Star Sports

[SRH | PBKS]

Top wicket-takers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar - 19 Wickets | Arshdeep Singh - 6 Wickets

Best figures in a match: 5/19 By Bhuvneshwar Kumar On Apr 17, 2017 |3/17 By Chris Jordan On Oct 24, 2020 

[SRH | PBKS]

Highest run-getters: David Warner - 698 Runs | KL Rahul - 242 Runs

Highest scores in an innings- 81 By David Warner On May 11, 2015 | 104* By Chris Gayle On Apr 19, 2018

Best Bowling Figures:

4/13 By Lakshmipathy Balaji (Punjab Kings) Against Sunrisers

Hyderabad In 2014.

Highest Partnership:

183 By KL Rahul And Mayank Agarwal (Punjab Kings) For 1st

Wicket Against Rajasthan Royals In 2020.

Win Rate Batting First:

40% (4 Won; 6 Lost)

Highest Team Total:

228/4 By Delhi Capitals Against Kolkata Knight Riders In

2020.

Lowest Team Total:

121/10 By Sunrisers Hyderabad Against Punjab Kings In

2014.

Highest Individual Score:

106 By Mayank Agarwal (Punjab Kings) Against Rajasthan

Royals In 2020.

Will Chris Gayle, who was excluded from the Playing XI on his 42nd birthday on Tuesday, get a game today? PBKS need some reinforcements in the middle order and he could do the trick

These two put on a show against Rajasthan Royals with their 120-run stand. Can they do it again?

Bhuvneshwar Kumar possesses an impressive record against PBKS

SRH won by 9 wickets (IPL 2021, Match 14)

PBKS won by 12 runs (IPL 2020, Match 43)

SRH won by 69 runs (IPL 2020, Match 22)

SRH won by 45 runs (IPL 2019, Match 48)

PBKS won by 6 wickets(IPL 2019, Match 22)

Punjab Kings have won two of their last 5 games.

vs RR: lost by 2 runs

vs DC: lost by 7 wickets

vs RCB: won by 34 runs

vs KKR: lost by 5 wickets

vs MI: won by 9 wickets

The bottom-most SRH side have won only one of their last 5 games. 

vs DC: lost by 8 wickets

vs RR: lost by 55 runs 

vs CSK: lost by 7 wickets

vs DC: tied (DC won the Super Over)

vs PBKS: won by 9 wickets

The last time these two teams met, SRH romped home to a nine-wicket win in just 18.4 overs. PBKS, batting first, were bowled out for 120 in 19.4 overs. Khaleel Ahmed was the pick of the bowlers for Hyderabad with figures of 3/21 in his four overs. In response, Jonny Bairstow smashed an unbeaten 63 off 56 balls to lead his side over the line. Can Rahul and Punjab get one back on SRH today?

The SRH vs PBKS battle will see two of the best batsmen currently in the world go head-to-head in Dubai. While Kane has scored just 146 runs so far in the season in 5 games, KL Rahul has amassed 380 runs in 8 games and is currently the second-highest run-scorer in the season. Which batsman will score more runs today?

Both Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Banglore are currently two bottom-most placed teams in the standings.

SRH- 8th position (P-8 | W-7 | L-1 | Points-2)

PBKS- 7th position (P-9 | W-3 | L-6 | Points-6)

The Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Punjab Kings have faced each other 17 times in the IPL and SRH have dominated the overall head-to-head battle with an overwhelming lead of 12-5. They are currently 8th in the points table with 2 points and would hope to make it 13-5 and add two more points to their kitty. 

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of match 37 of IPL 2021 between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Punjab Kings (PBKS) being played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Both teams, reeling at 8th and 7th, respectively, need to win to keep their already slim chances of making the playoffs alive. Both teams come into this contest on the back of a loss but one team will walk away with two points for sure. Which team will it be? Stay tuned and let's find out!