Match details

Punjab Kings (PBKS) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Mullanpur, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)

Big Picture - Sunrisers might exploit Kings' death bowling

And he has done it against pace and spin, in the powerplay and the middle overs. With batters like Head alongside him, and Heinrich Klaasen and Abdul Samad to follow, the Kings bowlers will have to up their game significantly. They will be hoping their international bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Harshal Patel fare much better in the death overs.

Kings will play their next four games in Mullanpur, and will want to take full advantage of home comforts to climb up the points table.

Form guide

PBKS WLLW (most recent first)
SRH WLWL

Team news and Impact Player strategy

Punjab Kings
Kings were without Liam Livingstone in their last game because of injury. He was replaced by Sikandar Raza, who couldn't make an impact with either bat or ball against Gujarat Titans. Livingstone resumed training with the team on Monday but is still being assessed.

For their impact subs, Kings have consistently subbed out Arshdeep Singh for a batter like Prabhsimran Singh, or vice versa.

Likely XII: 1 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Prabhsimran Singh, 4 Sam Curran, 5 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Sikandar Raza, 8 Harpreet Brar, 9 Harshal Patel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Arshdeep Singh, 12 Ashutosh Sharma

For their Impact Player strategy, Sunrisers have kept it straightforward so far by swapping out one of the top-order batters - Head, Abhishek or Agarwal - for a frontline quick like Natarajan or Umran Malik, except in one game where they brought in allrounder Washington Sundar while batting first because they were 114 for 5.

Likely XII: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Travis Head, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Shahbaz Ahmed, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy/Washington Sundar, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 Jaydev Unadkat, 12 Umran Malik.

In the spotlight - Pat Cummins and Arshdeep Singh

Pitch and conditions - Back to Mullanpur

Stats that matter - Cummins against Kings' top order

Quotes

"We are delighted to return to our home crowd and cannot wait to meet with everyone who comes out to cheer for us at the stadium."
Punjab Kings captain Shikhar Dhawan is excited about the crowd support at Mullanpur

"You've got to use variations in T20s, you've got to use everything you have, not just the slower bouncers but you've got to bowl wide, straight on the legs, and that's how you have to keep the batsmen guessing. As a bowler, you've got to be unpredictable with your lines and pace."
The experienced Jaydev Unadkat of Sunrisers Hyderabad on what it takes to be successful, even with the new two-bouncers-per-over rule