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IPL 12 Match 48 SRH vs KXIP at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad: SRH win by 45 runs What a finish in the tournament for Warner, who smashed 81 runs and helped his side to post a victory and make the chances of qualifying for the playoff stronger. IPL 2019, SRH vs KXIP Today’s Match Preview: The 48th match of IPL 2019 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab can easily be called as the battle of the equals. Both teams have won 5 out of the 11 matches played thus far. The one thing that differentiates them on the points table is the Net Run-Rate (NRR). Hyderabad, with a NRR of 0.559 are placed at No 4 position with Punjab (0.117 NRR) at No 5. The Monday night contest will literally be their first steps to outdo each other in race to playoffs. The positive for Hyderabad is that they will be playing at their home ground. It will be David Warner’s last match in the tournament as he returns to national duty. SRH would be hoping that before departing for UAE, Warner provides the much-needed momentum to the team that can help them ease into the last-four. With Jonny Bairstow already in England, SRH would have to quickly come up with an able replacement to Warner. But that is again something to think in future. On Monday, SRH middle-order will also be tested. It has failed to live up to expectations on a number of occasions. Manish Pandey’s form is a huge relief to the SRH camp but they need likes of Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan to do well. Middle-order batting is a concern even for SRH’s opponents Punjab, who have continued to struggle in the middle overs. David Miller, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal have not performed consistently well and converted good starts into big scores. It is about time they come good or Punjab may fall short before the playoffs begin. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) Full squads Sunrisers Hyderabad Team 2019 Players list: David Warner , Jonny Bairstow (w), Kane Williamson (c), Ricky Bhui , Vijay Shankar , Deepak Hooda , Abhishek Sharma , Rashid Khan , Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Sandeep Sharma , K Khaleel Ahmed , Manish Pandey , Shreevats Goswami , Wriddhiman Saha , Martin Guptill , Shahbaz Nadeem , Yusuf Pathan , Mohammad Nabi , Siddarth Kaul , Shakib Al Hasan , Basil Thampi , Billy Stanlake , T Natarajan . Kings XI Punjab Team 2019 Players list: Lokesh Rahul (WK), Chris Gayle , Mayank Agarwal , Sarfaraz Khan , David Miller , Mandeep Singh , Sam Curran , Ravichandran Ashwin (C), Andrew Tye , Murugan Ashwin , Mohammed Shami , Mujeeb Ur Rehman , Karun Nair , Moises Henriques , Varun Chakravarthi , Harpreet Brar , Simran Singh , Nicholas Pooran (WK), Hardus Viljoen , Ankit Rajpoot , Arshdeep Singh , Darshan Nalkande , Agnivesh Ayachi . For all the latest news, opinions and analysis from IPL 2019, click here For the full schedule, date, time and venue of all the matches of IPL 12, click here Check out the full points table for IPL 2019, including holders of Orange and Purple Caps
SRH vs KXIP, Highlights and Match Recap, IPL 2019 Full Cricket Score: Warner, Rashid star in Sunrisers' big win over Kings XI
SRH vs KXIP IPL 2019 Match 48 Live Updates: SRH win by 45 runs What a finish in the tournament for Warner, who smashed 81 runs and helped his side to post a victory and make the chances of qualifying for the playoff stronger.
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That’s it from us. One more victory for SRH in the tournament and they would be a relieved side. Some games in the past have not gone in their favour but in this match, they came back strongly and played the brand of cricket they are known for. Punjab are still in it. They need two victories in the next two games.
We will be back with another match tomorrow as RCB take on RR at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Be right back at 8 pm tomorrow. For now, good night.
David Warner is Man of the Match for his 56-ball 81
Warner: Nice to get out there and do your job. It is about backing your game plan and basics. I had time off and worked harder on my game and wanted to bring the best out of me. Thank you to the crowd who always comes in numbers to support us.
After 20 overs,Kings XI Punjab 167/8 ( Murugan Ashwin 1 , Mohammed Shami 1)
SRH win by 45 runs
What a finish in the tournament for Warner, who smashed 81 runs and helped his side to a much-needed victory. This win makes SRH’s chances of qualifying for the playoffs stronger. Punjab has been outclassed here by a professional Hyderabad team who had the game under control right from the start. A brilliant night for Williamson.
After 19 overs,Kings XI Punjab 165/6 ( Simran Singh (W) 16 , Murugan Ashwin 0)
Khaleel comes into attack to finish his spell. And he finishes well. 3 wickets for 40 runs. Costly he was. But with that much target on the board, bowled with a lot of freedom. Punjab need 48 runs in 6 balls
After 18 overs,Kings XI Punjab 157/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 77 , Simran Singh (W) 11)
Punjab needed 68 off 18 balls. Hyderabad are pretty much winning this one. Still, the man who played 56 balls and scored 81 in the heat outside, dived to save 2 runs near the ropes. Some commitment level from David Warner and it rubbed on Sandeep, who too dived to deny a boundary to Prabhsimran Singh later in the over. Six off the last ball. Punjab need 56 runs in 12 balls
After 17 overs,Kings XI Punjab 145/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 74 , Simran Singh (W) 3)
Rahul is playing merely to close the gap between the target and the number of balls left. Juts one six in the over. He has no support at the other end. He can score 26 more for himself and get to the second century of the tournament. Punjab need 68 runs in 18 balls.
After 16 overs,Kings XI Punjab 135/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 66 , Simran Singh (W) 1)
Bhuvneshwar comes into the attack and Rahul starts the over with a maximum. There’s no other way Punjab are going to win from here. Rahul has to hit every ball. Every ball. One six and one four. 12 came in the over. Punjab need 78 runs in 24 balls
After 15 overs,Kings XI Punjab 123/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 54 , Simran Singh (W) 1)
Rashid has beend denied the hat-trick as Rahul takes a single off the first ball and brings struggling Prabhsimran on strike. He is up against the best in the business straightaway. Rashid ends his four overs with figures of 3/21. Punjab is not in the chase anymore despite Rahul still there. Punjab need 90 runs in 30 balls
After 14 overs,Kings XI Punjab 120/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 52 , Simran Singh (W) 0)
Debutant Prabhsimran joins Rahul in the middle. Rahul tonked two sixes in the over and then took a single. The new man ate three balls at this stage. Punjab need 93 runs in 36 balls
After 13 overs,Kings XI Punjab 107/5 ( Lokesh Rahul 39 , )
A boundary to start the over but that’s that. Two attempts to clear the ropes as the required rate kept on jumping and both shots resulted in wickets. Rashid will be on hat-trick when he returns. Rahul, however, still quiet and that is strange.
David Miller’s scores v SRH in IPL:
1, 1, 20*, 9, 89*, 15, 24*, 10, 6
After 12 overs,Kings XI Punjab 101/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 39 , David Miller 5)
Nabi continues. Good comeback by him after having gone for 10 in the first over. Just 5 off it. Match quickly slipping away from Punjab’s hands. Punjab need 112 runs in 48 balls
After 11 overs,Kings XI Punjab 96/3 ( Lokesh Rahul 38 , David Miller 1)
Khaleel brought back and almost had Pooran on the first ball. Bhuvi near the ropes faltered, not knowing where his foot was. But he had an opportunity to make amends and he took that beautiful catch to remove the same batsman. Pooran is gone, Miller comes in.
After 10 overs,Kings XI Punjab 81/2 ( Lokesh Rahul 38 , Nicholas Pooran 7)
Mohammad Nabi introduced into the attack. It has been tough for the batsmen to score off him in the tournament. Pooran hits one maximum in the over to warm himself up. The equation is getting tougher for Punjab. They need 132 runs in 60 balls.