Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rising Pune Supergiant will come up against each other in Match 44 of the IPL.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will look for redemption when they take on the Rising Pune Supergiant at home. Both the teams will be hoping of getting two vital points as the tournament enters its business end. A win today for either of the two teams will take them to second place in the points table. Last time these two teams met, it was Pune who emerged victorious; and this time too they will look to extract aAsimilar result in Hyderabad.
For the Steve Smith-led side, a win over the defending champions will take them to second spot. It will also help them become the second team to qualify for the play-offs, first being Mumbai Indians. Furthermore, they would be looking to extend their winning streak to four.
On the other hand, David Warner and his men will look to avenge their previous defeat against RPS. The defending champions suffered a six-wicket defeat against Delhi Daredevils in their last match; which also ended their three match unbeaten run.
Once again, the hosts will rely on their skipper Warner to provide them a quick start and if the left-hander stays till the end, it wonat be wrong to say that they will manage to set up a high score. On the contrary, for Pune, youngster Rahul Tripathi has been a surprise package for them while all-rounder Ben Stokes has proved the reason why he was the a?costliest buya of the season. A quick-fire knock by Yuvraj Singh or Dhoni can be icing on the cake for the crowd.
Head to Head :
Matches – 3
SRH – 1, RPS – 2
Probable Lineups:
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson; Yuvraj Singh, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha (wk); Bipul Sharma, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar; Ashish Nehra, Siddarth Kaul
Rising Pune Supergiant
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