SRH predicted XI against KKR: Manish Pandey likely to return

After suffering few defeats in a row, SRH finally ended their rut against CSK and would not want to tinker much with their playing XI.

Updated on: Apr 21, 2019, 11:09:24 IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent

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Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to win their second match on the trot when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in an Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

SRH batsman Manish Pandey in action during an IPL clash. (PTI)

Hyderabad got the better of Chennai Super Kings and will look to continue the momentum in their bid to seal a place in the top half of the IPL table. After suffering few defeats in a row, SRH finally ended their rut against table-toppers CSK and would not want to tinker much with their playing XI.

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The once change that SRH could go for this match is to bring back Manish Pandey in place of Deepak Hooda, who hasn’t done much with the bat this season. He wasn’t needed in the first few games because of openers David Warner and Jonny Bairstow’s heroics but when he was called to do the job, he failed (60 runs in five innings).

Manish Pandey too has been out of form for a while now but what tips the scale in his favour is that he is an excellent fielder apart from being a good batsman. SRH will be eager to give him few more chances so that he gets back to his best and become their main man in the middle-order once again.

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“No one is more disappointed than Manish himself. He is player who has got a lot of pride in his game. He’s been a good performer. He came into this tournament in some good form as well, scored runs in the domestic competition and captained his side to victory,” SRH coach Tom Moody said on the eve of the match against CSK earlier in the season.

“It hasn’t quite worked out for him to this point but it’s really down to him turning things around and that’s what is the exciting thing for him and for us is that he will still have an opportunity to turn things around and have an impact this season.”

Predicted XI: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Kane Williamson (C), Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed

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