Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and opted to bowl first against Kings XI Punjab. KXIP skipper KL Rahul has been in amazing form and is also the orange cap holder with 500 plus runs. As Mayank Agarwal is sitting out for the match, Mandeep Singh opened with the skipper. after a slow start, both the openers returned to the pavilion early. Wickets kept falling from one end and Pooran was unable to score big as well. Three bowlers of SRH took two wickets each and Rashid Khan was the most economical as he only gave 14 runs in his spell.

A do or die match for both the teams to keep their chances of surviving in the tournament and both will want those two points in the bag. after the first innings, SRH is looking strong and if the bowling unit of KXIP can pull a miracle then only can they see a win.KXIP scored 126 runs for SRH to chase.

TOPICS: david warner Kings XI Punjab KL Rahul Mayank Agarwal rashid khan sunrisers hyderabad