IPL 2020 SRH vs KKR Highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) is set to play the 22nd match of IPL 2020 against Kings XI Punjab(KXIP). SRH lost the previous match against Mumbai Indians(MI) and seeks to make their comeback in the match against KXIP.
KXIP struggles to make their comeback in this tournament. KXIP already lost their last three matches in a row and seeks to make a comeback by defeating SRH.
Match: Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) vs Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Toss Details: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opt to bat
#SRH have won the toss and they will bat first against #KXIP.#Dream11IPL pic.twitter.com/sVGkKX5l1F
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 8, 2020
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KL Rahul | KXIP skipper: I was hoping I’d lose the toss but I would have wanted to bat first too. We’ve just not been able to close games with bat or ball. We’ve started well, but not closed down things. Set batsmen haven’t been able to convert into bigger scores.
Bowlers haven’t executed their plans but we know that can happen. I’m happy that the dressing room is a place where the boys are having a lot of fun. Doesn’t feel like we’ve lost a lot of games.
Guys know that we’ve made mistakes and everyone is keen to come back stronger. Three changes – Prabhsimran, Arshdeep, and Mujeeb come in for Jordan, Brar, and Sarfaraz.
David Warner | SRH skipper: We’ll have a bat. Last game while chasing, we lost a lot of wickets in the middle. And in the bowling, there were about two or three overs where they just overpitched. 170-200 has been the range of par scores. Don’t know how the track will play until you are out there. One change – Khaleel in for Kaul.
Playing XI
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP)
KL Rahul(c), Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Simran Singh(w), Glenn Maxwell, Ravi Bishnoi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Shami, Sheldon Cottrell.
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH)
David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
IPL 2020 SRH vs KXIP Highlights
Sunrisers Hyderabad(SRH) Batting Highlights
David Warner and Bairstow gets in to the crease to lead SRH. Bairstow who has been inconsistent in the past matches is in need to prove his from to move SRH to top position in the points table.
SRH strikers are in pressure to build a good opening partnership in order to score a massive target against a team like KXIP. Warner and Bairstow start with an impressive strike which makes SRH to score 58 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the powerplay.
KXIP gets in pressure to break the partnership as this duo starts to rain with boundaries and sixes which makes SRH to score 100 runs for no wicket loss at the end of the 10th over.
Most 100+ partnerships in IPL:
9 V Kohli – AB de Villiers (71 innings)
9 V Kohli – C Gayle (59)
6 D Warner – S Dhawan (50)
5 G Gambhir – R Uthappa (48)
5 D Warner – J Bairstow (16)
The two dangerous batsmen show their aggressive form by smashing boundaries of every over KXIP bowled. At the end of 14th over with a back to back six from Bairstow SRH reached 154 runs for no wicket loss.
Finally KXIP young leggie Ravi Bishnoi dismissed SRH skipper Warner while scoring 52 runs. In the same over Bairstow got dismissed for 97 runs. The duo walks to Pavillion after making massive destruction to KXIP bowlers. With the back to back well-settled batsmen wicket KXIP makes a way back and avoid SRH to make a massive score from the death overs.
After the opener’s dismissal, the SRH wickets start to collapse, and with Williamson’s 20 runs off 10 deliveries, SRH scored 201 runs for 6 wicket loss.
Highest individual scores for SRH in IPL:
126 D Warner v KKR Hyderabad 2017
114 J Bairstow v RCB Hyderabad 2019
100* D Warner v RCB Hyderabad 2019
97 J Bairstow v KXIP Dubai 2020
Kings XI Punjab(KXIP) Batting Highlights
KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal get in to the crease to chase down the mammoth target. The two destructive batsmen could change the game flow with their aggressive strikes. But SRH bowler soon dismissed the Mayank Agarwal and put KXIP under pressure.
KL Rahul struggles to make the much needed massive strike. At the end of the powerplay, KXIP scored 45 runs for 2 wicket loss. Finally, Abhishek Sharma dismissed KXIP skipper KL Rahul for 11 runs.
Glenn Maxwell who is capable of changing the game is in the strike along with Nicholas Pooran. Pooran makes 28 runs off a single over from Abdul Samad which threatens SRH. At the end of 10th over KXIP scored 96 runs for 3 wicket loss. Just four runs behind SRH but SRH remains wicketless at this stage.
Fastest IPL fifties for KXIP (balls)
14 KL Rahul vs DD 2018
17 N POORAN vs SRH 2020 *
19 KL Rahul vs CSK 2019
19 D Miller vs RR 2014
Priyam Garg with a direct hit towards the non-striker end dismissed Maxwell and scatters the KXIP dream of victory. Though wicket loses in a regular interval Pooran on the other hand smashes boundaries all the way. The long lone fight of Pooran comes to an end while scoring 77 runs.
SRH key bowler Rashid Khan dismissed Pooran and Shami in back to back deliveries of his final over and register his 3 wicket haul in the match. At the end of the 16th over KXIP loses it’s all wicket for 132 runs. SRH registered their third victory of the IPL 2020 by beating KXIP by 69 runs.
Watch SRH vs KXIP highlights
Also read: IPL 2020 Points Table – Indian Premier League Team Standings
Player of the Match
Jonny Bairstow | SRH: Very pleased, that’s my third fifty in the competition. Consistency is the key. The partnership at the top was the key tonight. He’s (Warner) a good fun, we know what a quality player he is.
It was his 50th fifty in IPL, that record speaks for itself. It was important for us tonight to get a win. I am happy with the way I am striking it. The dimensions and the pitches here are slightly different from what we were expecting in India.
The temperature is definitely different as well. The guys held the nerve. (On keeping to Rashid Khan) It’s great fun, it’s tricky at times, you are always in the game.
