IPL 2024 PBKS vs SRH Playing11: Ashutosh Sharma managed to make his way into the PBKS’ playing11 after his impressive 17-ball 31 against Gujarat Titans.
Ashutosh Sharma Scored a Match WInning 31 off Just 17 Against GT
In Punjab Kings’ previous clash which was played against Gujarat Titans on April 4 in Ahmedabad, PBKS won the game by 3 wickets and registered their 2nd victory of the season.
Though Shashank Singh won the Player of the Match award for his unbeaten 61 off 29, Ashutosh Sharma grabbed the attention of many by scoring 31 runs at a strike rate of 182.35 as an impact player.
For his impressive performance, PBKS roped him in the playing11 for their clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Pat Cummins led SRH who scripted a record-breaking knock against Mumbai Indians on March 8 in Hyderabad showed a little bit of inconsistency this season so far.
SRH managed to win only 2 games out of 4 they played so far. On the other hand, PBKS also registered only 2 wins out of 4 they played.
Both teams will face each other without a change in their playing11 from their respective previous matches.
IPL 2024 PBKS vs SRH Playing11
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi
Punjab Kings
Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma(w), Ashutosh Sharma, Sam Curran, Shashank Singh, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh
Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Tanay Thyagarajan, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan
Winning the toss, PBKS captain Shikhar Dhawan said “We’ll bowl first. The wicket will stay the same, so look to restrict them to a low score. We were lucky to have won the last match, it’s good that we’re not depending on any one player. We’ve won two games, looking forward to a good run. He’s still recovering (on Liam Livingstone), we’re playing the same team”.
SRH Captain Pat Cummins said “We would have bowled first as well. Overall happy with the way we’ve been going, two wins and we could have had one more game going our way. We’ve got good strength and some depth. Same team as the last game”.
