Hyderabad’s season has been excellent, but due to some mistakes, they have to lose. Still 3rd in the points table, played 13 matches, won 7 matches, drew 5 matches and one match was canceled due to rain. In the last 5 matches, 2 wins, 2 losses and one more cancellation. Last the match with Gujarat Titans was interrupted due to rain.
The team’s opening pair for Hyderabad has played well. Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head have performed very well and the team is in such a good place. In the last 5 matches, Travis Head scored 332 runs, Abhishek Sharma scored 184 runs, and along with him, top order Nitesh Reddy is doing a great all-round performance. Last Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 9 wickets in bowling in 5 matches, Captain Pat Cummins took 6 wickets and Natarajan took 2 wickets.
The Punjab kings have nothing to lose, winning defeat will not have any effect on the playoffs.Now Punjab kings are at number 9 in the points table, played 13 matches, took 5 wickets and lost 8 matches, have 10 points. They lost the match due to minimal mistakes. Rilee Rossouw scored 166 and Shashank Singh 101 in the last 5 matches for the team. Harshal Patel took 13 wickets in 5 matches,Nathan Ellis took 8 wickets and Rahul Chahar took 7 wickets.
Punjab Kings bowler Purple Cap player Harshal Patel has taken 22 wickets so far in the tournament. Bowling very well. Hyderabad needs to play well. If SRH opening batsman Head and Abhishek Sharma don’t perform well,Hyderabad have more chances to lose.Hyderabad needs to bowl well, then can win the match. Punjab will want to win their last match.
Hyderabad has many chances to win. But it will totally depend on the Kolkata vs Rajasthan match. If Rajasthan can win the match with Kolkata by a big margin, then SRH will finish at number 2 in the points table. But if Kolkata is a strong team, defeats Rajasthan and if Hyderabad wins the match with Punjab by a big margin, then there is no obstacle to going to playoffs. So there is a high chance of Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad meeting in the 1st playoff.