The double header (2 matches a day) will be played today in the 18th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In the second match of the day, the Hyderabad Sunrisers (SRH) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS). The match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad at 7:30 pm.
In IPL 2025, PBKS won 3 of the 4 matches and faced 1 defeat. However, SRH has only won 1 match and faced 4 defeats.
However, in the first match of the day, the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will clash against the Gujarat Titans (GT). The match will be played at 3:30 pm at Ek's Stadium in Lucknow.
The second match preview …
Match Details, 27th Match SRH VS PBKS Date: 12 April Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad Time: Toss – 7:00 pm, match start – 7:30 pm
Next to Hyderabad in Head to Head
So far 16 IPL matches have been played between Hyderabad and Punjab. Out of which 16 Hyderabad and 7 Punjab won. At the same time, both teams have come up against each other at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium 9 times. Hyderabad have won 8 matches and Punjab has only won 1 match.
Top scorer of Classen Hyderabad
Henrick Classen is the highest run scorer for SRH. He has scored a total of 152 runs in 5 games this season. Travis Head is in second place after them. Head has scored a total of 148 runs in 5 matches at a strike rate of 189.7. In bowling, Mohammad Shami is at the top for the team with 5 wickets.
Shreyas Iyer PBKS No Top Scorer
Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer is the top scorer of the team. He has scored 168 runs in 4 matches. In the first match of the season, he scored a half -century of 42 balls against Gujarat Titans. In bowling, Arshadeep Singh is the highest wicket -taker for the team. He has taken 6 wickets in 4 matches.
Pitch report Rajiv Gandhi is suited to batting pitch at International Stadium. High -scoring matches are seen here. The stadium has so far played 80 IPL matches, out of which 35 matches the batting team won and 45 match chass. The highest team score here is 286/6, which Hyderabad made against the Rajasthan Royals this year.
Weather update There will be a lot of heat in Hyderabad on April 12. There is no possibility of rain at all. The temperature will be between 24 and 38 degrees Celsius.
Potential Playing-12 (including Impact Player) of both teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Pet Cummins (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Ishaan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Henrik Klasen (wicketkeeper), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Simrajit Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Shami, Travis Head.
Punjab Kings (PBKS): Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Priyanka Arya, Prabhasimran Singh (wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Vadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Shashank Singh, Marco Yansen, Arshadeep Singh, Loki Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet.
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