Match Overview:
In Match 27 of the ongoing IPL 2025, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will play Punjab Kings (PBKS) at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday, April 12. Interestingly, both teams’ season-long fortunes have been very different.
One of the favorites to win the table, SRH, hasn’t had a memorable season thus far. They’ve dropped their last four games after thrashing 286 in their season opener. They have scored 163, 120, and 152 in their last three games, demonstrating the failure of their too aggressive batting approach. Ishan Kishan hasn’t been playing at his best, and Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have had trouble getting out to a strong start. The team has the highest bowling average (41.47) and the worst economy (10.73) in the league, which hasn’t helped either. In addition, the absence of a good spinner still plagues them, and captain Pat Cummins has been costly with the ball.
After defeating CSK by a commanding 18 runs, PBKS will enter this match in fourth place with three victories from their last four games. Every game, a new match-winner steps up, and their batting unit is thriving. Although prominent players like Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis haven’t made significant contributions, Punjab has been a talented team.
SRH vs PBKS Match Details:
Match: IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs. Punjab Kings, Match 27
Date & Time: Saturday, April 12, 2025, 7:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Live Streaming: JioHotstar
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report:
This season, Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has mainly been a batting haven. However, in their last three games, SRH’s scores have decreased. It is one of the IPL’s highest-scoring grounds, with an average first-inning score of 213 over the last ten games. Sixty percent of the games have been won by teams that bat first. Even if the most recent game was low-scoring, this is probably an outlier. It is expected that the weather will remain dry.
Head-to-Head Record:
Matches Played: 23
Sunrisers Hyderabad Won: 16
Punjab Kings Won: 7
Match Prediction:
As of right now, PBKS is in the lead. However, SRH will support themselves to record their second victory of the season if their top order gets into a rhythm.
SRH vs PBKS Predicted Playing 11:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):
Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Shami
Impact Player: Rahul Chahar
Punjab Kings (PBKS):
Shreyas Iyer (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, and Lockie Ferguson
Impact Player: Yash Thakur
