Chennai: Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Wednesday won the toss and chose to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the 14th match of the Indian Premier League here at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
While SRH are lying at the bottom of the table and are yet to win a game, PBKS have managed just one win out of their three games and have the worst net run rate (-0.967) among the teams.
Kane Williamson is back in the SRH squad and the team will immensely count on him to take them ashore in the middle stage of the innings.
Pitch Report: The pitch is dry and expected to turn. Batsmen will need to play sensibly and get through the tough period before getting on a big score.
At the toss, the Punjab skipper KL Rahul said, "We will bat first. Pretty obvious decision, put the runs on the board and defend it. Two changes for us - Meredith and Gayle miss out; Fabian Allen and Moises Henriques in - we are petty clear, everyone have been given responsibilities - we're a new team, will take time for the roles to sink in. A couple of wins. the belief will be back."
On the other hand, SRH captain David Warner, "Everyone in this franchise are positive - need to learn from the mistakes, those little things in the game. Kane Williamson is in, he replaces Mujeeb. Samad is out with a hamstring pull, Kedar replaces him, Manish misses out as well, replaced by Siddarth Kaul. Conditions over here are very different to what we encountered in Dubai last season. Need to bowl well and get back to winning ways."
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Moises Henriques, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Shahrukh Khan, Fabian Allen, Murugan Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh
