Hello, Good Afternoon and welcome to my page once again. It's a last match of league stage in IPL 2022 as we already got 4 teams who will enter in Playoffs, so this match result will not affect on it, but it will be affected on this both team who is playing as their record in this year IPL is not good, and thus they would like to win match before go home by taking something good which will be helpful for next season. SRH and PBKS will play their last group stage match, so let discuss it in details.
SRH did good start and was in eye of everyone that they will sure enter in playoffs but they not even they have one match left. Batting is a big issue for them as Kane Williamson who not in form and seen it once again in last match were not open batting but came in down the order which is not good sign for them because it's not his role to play as finisher. Priyam Garg has opened inning for SRH where he did good batting which is positive sign. They way Abhishek Sharma played whole tournament and Garg played last match, I don't think Kane will be open again.
Rahul Tripathi is in wonderful and looks most unrated played who mostly perform as not only this season but also in previous most of the season. He is a unique player and played differently, which impressed a lot. Aiden Markram also now becomes main player for them as performing well in whole season. Pooran also in good form but as told before not getting chance to bat up the order but in last game against MI he got that chance, and he showed his talent. Their batting strength is good unless Kane, but his captaincy is good, so It's ok to play in the team.
Bowling is becomes a weakness for them, as in previous all seasons, bowling was their strength. Bhuwneshwar Kumar is not able to perform as his standard level, whereas sometimes Umran Malik takes wickets but sometimes much expansive too. Jansen looks good, but in one match in and one match out for him in playing 11. Washington Sunder also have some injury issue so not sure when he plays and when he not.
PBKS most unpredictable throughout the season as when tournament start they played well sometimes and not well sometimes because they have good powerful batting line up, but they also collapse many times too. Lately they back in rhythm as Shikhar Dhawan not played innings like previous season but very useful contribution too. Mayank Agarwal not able to perform in top order, so he also changed his position as comes down the order to give chances to better batsman to up the order which is actually good things.
PBKS as struggled in opening partnership as start they want not got before but since Bairstow came as opener, it's completely changed as they got good start perhaps less pressure on middle order and Livingstone, so they can play big shots in middle order too because they have all aggressive batsman. Rajapaksha also very impressive in this season but most impressed person is Jitesh Sharma who not played big inning but very crucial knock with high strike rate. Of course Livingstone is most the infirm batsman which we also expected but someone who came out from behind is Jitesh Sharma.
PBKS has good bowling line as they have good pace attack like Anureet Singh, Kagiso Rabada and both are very impressive not only opening spell but also in death. Rishi Dhawan's entry also give some strength to their middle overs as well as can bowl at death too. In spin department they have Rahul Chahar who not much impressive but wicket taking bowler. Livingstone also good here too as in last match took 3 wickets against DC. All eyes will be on Kagiso Rabada as once again he is top wicket taken fast bowler this season, but he is not able to take his team to playoffs.
Both team are out of the tournament so may make some changes but looks PBKS more favorite to win this match as they are in good touch, and they have many match winners. PBKS bowling line up looks more good compare to SRH, so their chances are more. SRH good at batting department too, so they need to score higher if they want to keep their bowler to chance to perform well. I keep Rabada as captain and Bairstow as vice captain at the moment, but my playing 11 and those selections may change according to final 11. That's it from me for today, and stay tuned for the next post.
