Sam Curran | Source: X.com
The 23rd match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 will be played against Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Both the teams will lock horns on 9th April at the newly built Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur.
Punjab Kings won a magical game against Gujrat Titans last night chasing 200 after their superstar players got out and Upcoming Stars Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma got their team over the line. PBKS would be high on confidence, also being familiar with Mullanpur adds to the advantage.
Sunrisers Hyderabad on the other hand defeated a strong CSK side at their home ground making a statement. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s strength both on and off the paper relies on their power hitters that kill the match in the powerplay itself. Their foreign superstars are nicely synced with their Indian homegrown superstars resulting in their success.
Punjab Kings will be led by Shikhar Dhawan and are currently at the 5th position of the points table with two wins. While Sunrisers Hyderabad currently at 4th position will be led by Pat Cummins.
Mullanpur Stadium Analysis
Just like Other Stadiums in this geography, Mullanpur proved to be a good batting surface for the players. Along with batters, bowlers who can swing the ball in the air will be quite successful at this stadium.
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Abhishek Sharma
Abhishek Sharma | Source: X.com
Abhishek Sharma is a homegrown superstar of Punjab and knows everything about these conditions. Abhishek has been in terrific form since the Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy scoring 846 runs and winning the trophy for Punjab. He continued his purple patch in IPL 2024 scoring 161 runs in 4 matches at a jaw-dropping strike rate of 217.57. He can also bowl giving the captain a good option.
Sam Curran
Sam Curran | Source: X.com
Sam Curran was bought by Punjab Kings at a whopping 18.5 crore due to his WT20 performances. The pressure of price tag was evident in his performances in IPL 2023 scoring just 276 runs in 14 matches and taking 10 wickets. In IPL 2024 a mature Curran is reflective with his performances. He is off to a good start scoring 91 runs in 4 matches and taking 4 wickets which include a man-of-the-match performance both with bat and ball in the last time he played here.
Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan | Source: X.com
Shikhar Dhawan has been a consistent run scorer in IPL. Be it Sunrisers Hyderabad Or the Delhi Capitals Dhawan’s consistency was unquestioned. He continued his consistent touch after donning the Captaincy hat in Punjab Kings too scoring 460 runs in 2022 and 373 runs in 2023. He has scored 138 runs in 4 matches till now.
Abhishek Sharma and Sam Curran are good picks for captaincy and vice-captaincy as they are familiar with the surface and have good performances at this stadium.
PBKS vs SRH Differential picks
Travis Head (SRH)
Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)
Harpreet Brar (PBKS)
