Playing XI
Venue Insights (Dubai)
Highest Team Total : 206/3 By Punjab Against Bangalore In 2020.
Lowest Team Total : 109/10 By Bangalore Against Punjab In 2020.
Highest Individual Score : 132 By KL Rahul (Punjab) Against Bangalore In 2020.
Best Bowling Figures : 4/14 By Mohit Sharma (Chennai) Against Mumbai In 2014.
Highest Partnership : 181 By Shane Watson And Faf Du Plessis (Chennai) For 1st Wicket Against Punjab In 2020.
Win Rate Batting First : 70% (7 Won; 3 Lost)
Top Fantasy Picks - All Rounders
Top Fantasy Picks - Bowlers
Rashid’s bowling average is 13.21 and bowling SR is 12, both of which is his personal best against current IPL opponents. Stat alert: His last 4 performances against Punjab: 3/12 (this season), 3/21, 1/20 and 3/19.
With 16 wickets he is joint 3rd in the list of highest wicket takers this season. A look at his last 4 matches against Hyderabad: 1/40, 2/36, 1/30 and 2/36.
Sandeep Sharma’s bowling average and economy is the best against Punjab than against any other IPL team. In 4 matches against them he has taken 6 wickets at an average of just 16.33 and economy of 6.13
Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen & Keepers
Stat alert: Warner has scored a fifty in each of his last 9 matches against Punjab. Scores in these matches: 52 (this season), 81, 70*, 51, 70*, 52, 59, 81 and 58.
The orange cap holder with a purple patch should be the first choice pick for any fantasy player. His scores against
Hyderabad in the last 4 matches: 11, 79, 71* and 32.
Out of Pandey’s 295 runs this season, 205 have come at Dubai and remaining 90 at other venues. Thus he will be an interesting pick as this fixture is also at Dubai.
Probable XI
Punjab: KL Rahul (c)(wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, James Neesham, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin.
Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem.
Preview
Match number 43 of the Indian T20 League, 2020 sees the face-off between Punjab and Hyderabad in Dubai. After a torrid first half of the season, Punjab are starting to make a comeback as they have beaten the top three sides in their last 3 games. But the last time that these two sides met, Punjab were comprehensively defeated and would look to take revenge in this encounter. Hyderabad, on the other hand, did well against Rajasthan in their last game, beating them by 8 wickets. It was the first time they won chasing this season and the good thing was that, they CHOSE to chase, which indicates tremendous self-confidence. They would be pleased with the form of Manish Pandey who was at his best and Vijay Shankar's too. They though have some gaps to fill such as the form of Bairstow and Warner as they are yet to fire in unison consistently this season and if they want to go any further, they need to get back to their best. An exciting clash awaits us.
Toss : Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bowl first.