Spare a thought for Ankit Rajpoot. He bowled superbly, bagged a fifer and still ended up on the losing side. That's how this game goes. The SRH bowlers once again proved why they are the best in this tournament. This win takes Kane Williamson's men to the second spot on the
And here are the playing XIs -
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
Kings XI Punjab: Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
TOSS:Kings XI Punjab opt to bowl.
Will Manoj Tiwary get a game tonight?
Tiwary, Finch taking throwdowns," says Kritika Naidu, our correspondent from the stadium. She adds, "Universe Boss has walked out to a loud cheer. Bhuvneshwar isn't looking all that comfortable, he might not even play tonight, just bowling at half run-up and looking very gingerly"
Build-up!
April 19, 2018: Kings XI Punjab beat Sunrisers Hyderabad at Mohali for the first time - courtesy a Gayle Storm. This is what the Jamaican said, after his unbeaten knock - "I think Virender Sehwag has saved IPL by picking me." A week later, the two teams will face off again, now at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. Hello and welcome to our live blog of the 25th match of theIndian Premier League. Gayle's scores in this edition after missing the first two games - 63, 104* and 62*. The Universe Boss, who missed the previous encounter due to stiff back, is likely to return to the playing XI. Is he stoppable?
SRH, who started their campaign with three successive wins, suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of KXIP and CSK respectively. In the absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the Sunrisers managed to defend a paltry score of 118 with ease against a batting-heavy Mumbai Indians line-up. Their opponents, Punjab too come into this clash on the back of a good bowling performance - a nervy 4-run win over Delhi. With the teams placed second and third on the points table, we can expect a cracker of a contest. Read our preview.