IPL 2024 Spotlight: Match 23 PBKS vs SRH Stats Preview And Approaching Milestones

Punjab Kings (PBKS) will lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in match 23 of the Indian Premier League 2024 season on Tuesday, April 9, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Cricket Stadium, International Cricket Stadium, in Mullanpur, Punjab. In the ongoing IPL season, the Punjab Kings have won 2 matches and lost 2 matches. With four back-to-back games in Mullanpur, Punjab Kings will hope home comforts help them get out of the mid-table traffic. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad have also won 2 matches and lost 2 matches. SRH will hope to get their 1st away win, while PBKS will play their next four games in Mullanpur and will want to take full advantage of home comforts to climb up the points table.

Punjab Kings' death bowling in the spotlight against power-packed Sunrisers' batters

Speaking about the last game of the Punjab Kings, after the top order collapse, Shashank Singh 61*(29) played magnificent Innings that helped Punjab to cross the team over the victory line. Ashutosh Sharma 31(17) came as an Impact Player and took the cricketing world by storm. Speaking about the bowlers, Harpreet Brar (4-0-33-1), who bowled excellently, helped Punjab Kings to restrict Gujarat Titans to under 200. Shikhar Dhawan will be hoping that the team carries the winning momentum forward.

Speaking about the last game of the Sunrisers, Abhishek Sharma 37(12) started to smash from the very first ball and played a blistering knock along with Travis Head, 31(24), who stitched a solid partnership of 46 from just 16 deliveries. Aiden Markram 50(36) played brilliantly in the middle overs, guiding SRH to a comfortable win against CSK. Speaking about the bowlers, the Sunrisers were in control with the ball right from the start, led by skipper Pat Cummins (4-0-29-1), Bhuvaneshwar Kumar (4-0-29-1), and Jaydev Unadkat (4-0-29-1), who bowled magnificently ensured that the Super Kings managed to post only 165.

Meanwhile, here's a look at the stats and numbers game ahead of the Punjab Kings vs Sunrisers Hyderabad clash:

Head-to-Head:

PBKS and SRH have met each other 21 times in the Indian Premier League history, with Punjab winning on 7 occasions and Hyderabad clinching 14 victories.

Stats That Matter:

1. Pat Cummins has dominated both Shikhar Dhawan and Jonny Bairstow. In the 25 balls Cummins has bowled to each of the two batters, he has dismissed them twice each while conceding 16 runs to Bairstow and 31 runs to Dhawan.

2. Shikhar Dhawan has a good record against Jaydev Unadkat. Dhawan has scored 70 runs off 44 balls in the IPL while being dismissed just once.

3. Sunrisers Hyderabad have a dominating 14-7 record against the Punjab Kings, their best win percentage (66.67%) against any team.

4. Two Sunrisers Hyderabad batters have a strike rate of over 200 in 2024 (minimum 100 runs) - Heinrich Klaasen (204.85) and Abhishek Sharma (217.56). From Punjab Kings, the highest strike rate is 161.53 - by Prabhsimran Singh.

Approaching Milestones:

1 - Shikhar Dhawan (99) needs one catch to reach 100 catches in IPL.

1 - Arshdeep Singh (149) needs one scalp to reach the landmark of 150 wickets in the T20s.

2 - Mayank Agarwal (98) needs two sixes to reach 100 sixes in the IPL.

3 - Wanindu Hasaranga (197) needs another three fours to reach 200 fours in T20s.

3 - Jaydev Unadkat (94) needs another six wickets to reach 100 wickets in IPL.

4 - Sam Curran (46) needs another four wickets to reach 50 wickets in IPL.

89 - Liam Livingstone (911) needs another eighty-nine runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL.

98 - Aiden Markram (902) needs another ninety-eight runs to reach 1000 runs in IPL.