Kings XI Punjab will host Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 33 of the 2017 Indian Premier League [IPL] at the IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on Friday.
The Kings XI will finally get to play at their home venue after having played their previous home matches in Indore. Having defeated Gujarat Lions in their previous game, Glenn Maxwell’s men will be keen to build vital momentum as they search for a top four finish.
On the other hand, the Sunrisers saw their match against Royal Challengers Bangalore washed out and will be keen to be back on the field, having not played a full game since last Saturday.
In the reverse fixture, Hyderabad won a nail-biting encounter by five runs.
Ahead of the match, we have the latest team news, start time and date, as well as how you can watch all the action from the UAE.
DATE, TIME, VENUE INFO
Date: April 28, 2017 (Friday)
Time: 18:30 GST, 20:00 local time (IST), 14:30 GMT
Venue: IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali
WHERE TO WATCH, LIVE STREAMING INFO
TV: UAE – OSN Sports Cricket HD, India – Sony Six, Sony Six HD (English), Sony Max, Sony Max HD 3 (Hindi), UK – Sky Sports
Online streaming: hotstar.com, Hotstar app (in India only)
LIVE: Sport360.com
TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PREDICTED XIs
.@darensammy88 joins the squad as the boys begin preparations for their first game in Mohali this season! #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/G3cURRRhRN
KXIP SQUAD: David Miller, Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Murali Vijay, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shaun Marsh, Wriddhiman Saha, Nikhil Naik, Mohit Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pardeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh, Hashim Amla, Eoin Morgan, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Darren Sammy, T Natarajan, Varun Aaron, Rahul Tewatia, Rinku Singh, Ishant Sharma
Hashim Amla suffered an injury in the last match when he played a match-winning knock for Punjab. If the South Africa batsman misses out, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill could get his first game of the season.
Two-time World T20-winning captain Darren Sammy has joined the Kings XI squad and the team management could be tempted to play him ahead of Marcus Stoinis.
PREDICTED KXIP XI: Vohra, Amla, Marsh, Maxwell (c), Saha (wk), Stoinis, Axar, Mohit, Natarajan, Cariappa, Sandeep.
The Troops train hard in Mohali, ahead of the Punjabi battle. 👳#OrangeArmy #RiseOfOrange #IPL pic.twitter.com/PT0VcDQlvW
SRH SQUAD: David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Moises Henriques, Mustafizur Rahman, Naman Ojha, Deepak Hooda, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Barinder Sran, Abhimanyu Mithun, Vijay Shankar, Tanmay Agarwal, Mohammad Nabi, Ekalavya Dwivedi, Rashid Khan, Pravin Tambe, Chris Jordan, Ben Laughlin, Mohammed Siraj
The defending champions have had a mixed season so far, but their playing XI looks quite balanced with a good mixtuure.
Veteran Indian pacer Ashish Nehra has missed the last few games for the Hyderabad-based franchise. If he is fit for this encounter, he could come into the team in place of Mohammed Siraj.
PREDICTED SRH XI: Warner (c), Dhawan, Williamson, Yuvraj, Henriques, Hooda, Ojha (wk), Rashid, Bhuvneshwar, Kaul, Nehra.
FORM
(Last five matches – with latest match first)
KXIP: W L L L L
SRH: N L W W L
MATCH PREDICTION
Sunrisers have the stronger bowling attack and that should play a big part in the result of this contest. Hence, we are predicting a win for David Warner’s side.
