HIGHLIGHTS SRH vs PBKS IPL 2021 Match 37:
SRH vs PBKS HIGHLIGHTS IPL 2021: Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Match 37 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 where Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the battle of the two bottom-placed side. Punjab stand seventh in the points table with three wins in nine matches while Sunrisers stand bottom of the table with just one win in eight games, which came against Rahul's side, by nine wickets. The match will be a battle for survival for either side. [SRH vs PBKS Toss Live Updates IPL 2021, Playing XI, Pitch Report]22:45 IST: OHH WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!! Saha run-out! Miscommunication in the middle and Saha paid the price.
22:41 IST: Wait there! Holder just smashed three sixes in his 14-ball 27 to bring down the equation to 35 off 24. A glimmer of hope for the Sunrisers?
22:30 IST: BISHNOI PICKS HIS THIRD! Samad departed for just 1. Punjab are absolutely running through the Sunrisers lineup.
22:26 IST: WICKET! It's Bishnoi again! This time he dismissed Kedar Jadhav as Sunrisers went four down.
22:03 IST: WICKET! Bishnoi dismisses Pandey for just 13 (27) as SRH go three down for just 32 runs in eight overs. Filed to read the googly and the ball snaked through to rattle against the stumps.
21:55 IST: 20 for two at the end of the powerplay - this si Sunrisers' lowest-ever score in the powerplay in IPL and the lowest in the powerplay by a team in IPL 2021. Overall, a brilliant start from Punjab.
21:40 IST: SHAMI STRIKES AGAIN! The wobble seam did the magic for Mohammed Shami as he dismissed the Sunrisers Hyderabad captain for just one. SRH are in big trouble as they lose two early wickets in their chase of 126.
21:32 IST: WICKET! Warner's horror run of form continues in IPL 2021 as he departs for 2 off 3 in the first over of Sunrisers' chase of 126.
20:49 IST: WHAT A CATCH! Suchith took a stunner at cover to complete Holder's third wicket in the game. Hooda departed for just 13 off 10.
20:45 IST: WICKET! A bowling change from Sunrisers and Punjab went five down. Abdul Samad dismissed well-set Markram with a juicy full toss delivery for 27 (32).
20:40 IST: Punjab Kings are struggling at the moment. They got off to a cautious start with the openers stitching a 26-run stand in 25 balls before Holder removed them in one over. Punjab ended their powerplay with 29 for two at a strike rate of fewer than five runs an over. The team improved only marginally in terms of run rate in the middle over (6.87), for the loss of two more wickets - Gayle and Pooran.
20:23 IST: WICKET is it? Umpire is convinced. Gayle, who is given out lbw, goes the review. Fair delivery, pitching in line, impact in line. WICKET it is. Rashid dismisses Gayle for 14 (17). Punjab lose their third.
20:01 IST: END OF POWERPLAY: Sunrisers couldn't have asked for a better start - 29 runs and two huge dismissals. Hyderabad will now aim to keep the pressure going.
19:54 IST: WICKET! Holder strikes again as he dismisses Mayank Agarwal for just 5. Punjab lose both their openers inside the powerplay, for just 27 runs.
19:49 IST: WICKET! After a cautious start from the opening pair, Jason Holder dismissed Punjab captain KL Rahul for 21 (21). In walks Chris Gayle.
Here are the playing XI for the two teams...
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): KL Rahul(w/c), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
KL Rahul: I was unsure of what to do. That game it can either making you go deflating or go fearless. Everyone is keen to get ut there and turn this around. We have three changes. Fabien Allen, Porel and Adil Rashid are out. Ellis, Gayle and Ravi Bishnoi are back in the team. When you are the bottom of the table, you are still trying to figure out what your best eleven is. With Chris it gives me and Mayank a lot of breathing space at the top. Chris has always delivered for us and hope he can do that again for us today.
Kane Williamson: We gonna have a bowl, chances of dew coming in later on and it's a small ground. We will try to restrict them to a low score. it's about staying tight together and making small adjustments. It's important to keep coming up with that energy and at times it's easy to reflect on past performances where we have done better but we need to play with that freedom. We are playing the same team.
TOSS: SRH won the toss and opted to bowl against Punjab in Sharjah
Pitch report by Murali Kartik: "Yesterday there was quite some turn on offer. Today we are playing on the adjacent surface. There was 2.9 degrees turn today, the track today is much similar and I can feel that it is much soft and there are some spikes on the surface. I feel it will be better than yesterday, but not too dissimilar."
SRH vs PBKS, LIVE Match Today: Almost out of reckoning for a play-off berth, bottom-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to play party-poopers when they take on an equally struggling Punjab Kings in the IPL's battle of laggards on Saturday. Sunrisers suffered their seventh defeat on Wednesday after being blown away by Delhi Capitals and their play-off chances look less than dim as they have managed just two points after eight games [READ FULL PREVIEW]