The Punjab Kings take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in match 14 of the 2021 Indian Premier League season. Our expert tipster has taken a look at the odds and the form, and he’s leaning towards a Kings victory.
Punjab Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad
21st April
M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Live on Sky Sports Cricket
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These sides have had opposite starts to the season, with the Punjab Kings clearly showing out better to start with. SRH lost their first two of the year, while PBKS beat the Rajasthan Royals in their opening game. We’re expecting an impressive performance from the Punjab Kings, who, if you’re into your head-to-head records, you wouldn’t be backing. The Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 11 of these sides’ 16 meetings, while the Punjab Kings have won just 5. The change of name this year came along with a few new top players like Riley Meredith, Shahrukh Khan and Jhye Richardson and there is a real belief that they are believed to be ready for just the franchise’s third play-offs ever.
Punjab Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad Odds
The Punjab Kings are looking like very minor underdogs in the 14th game of the year, coming in at a price of 20/27. The Sunrisers Hyderabad are slight favourites at the price of 20/21. If you’re risky enough to back a draw, you’ll get wide odds of 14/1. Unfortunately, we tend to advise against betting on outcomes like this. These teams have played 16 times, and to this day it’s never happened.
Punjab Kings v Sunrisers Hyderabad Betting Tips
There are definitely people who will tell you to back SRH in this game, but we are going with the Kings. The new franchise were able to defy a stunning century by Sanju Samson on day one to get a big win, and there is a chance this will be a cracker of a game as well. We fancy Mohammed Shami to be the Punjab kings top bowler at 9/4.
Mohammed Shami to be home team’s top bowler – 9/4
We’re expecting KL Rahul to be top batsman, but this bet is a little bit wider in terms of odds. Shami is a great player, who we can definitely see having a big effect on the game.
Squads
Punjab Kings Squad
KL Rahul (c/wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad
David Warner (captain), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jason Holder, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Priyam Garg, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jason Roy
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*Odds are subject to change.
