Preview: Desperate SRH search for inspiration from Warner for turnaround in fortune in opposition to Punjab Kings

Bruised and battered after struggling a hat-trick of defeats, a determined Sunrisers Hyderabad would search inspiration from skipper David Warner to arrest any additional slide once they tackle Punjab Kings in an IPL match on Wednesday.
SRH couldn’t have requested for a worse begin to the season as they slumped to a few straight defeats, and in all events whereas chasing.
Punjab are a tad higher than SRH, having registered one win out of three video games to be positioned at seventh within the standings, a rung above their Wednesday’s opponents.
Chasing has been Sunrisers’ achilles’ heel up to now within the league. They did not get previous a low rating in opposition to Mumbai Indians of their final match.
SRH have been hit laborious by the dearth of depth of their taking part in XI and below-par Indian bench power.
In these circumstances, the onus rests on Warner to do some magic and encourage his aspect to bounce again within the match.
An enormous innings is due from the SRH captain as he has scored simply 93 runs from the three matches he has performed up to now with the 54 in opposition to Royals Challengers Bangalore being the best.
He additionally wants some critical introspection earlier than deciding his taking part in XI on Wednesday.
Warner and Rashid Khan are certainties within the overseas gamers’ slots, however the absence of Kane Williamson has been badly felt as he can present solidity to the middle-order, particularly after they faltered in three consecutive chases.
Going by Wridhhiman Saha’s poor kind, Jonny Bairstow is the frontrunner for the wicket-keeper’s place.
But what could be troubling Warner most is the dearth of depth within the workforce’s native batting sources.
It’s excessive time the likes of Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma and Abdul Samad pulled up their socks because the likes of seasoned Kedar Jadhav and Priyam Garg are ready within the wings for his or her alternatives.
SRH have additionally been hit laborious by the poor present of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan.
Natarajan was changed by Khaleel Ahmed of their final match and the latter did an excellent job to limit Mumbai. But Bhuvneshwar continues to be on the costly aspect.
Rashid has been economical however didn’t look menacing up to now.
Punjab too are on a dropping streak after the win of their match opener over Rajasthan Royals. They misplaced to Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.
After a batting collapse in opposition to CSK, Punjab made a big enchancment and rode on skipper KL Rahul (61) and Mayank Agarwal (69) fifties to publish a difficult 195 for 4 in opposition to DC.
But a below-par effort from their bowlers spoiled the hardwork of the openers.
Mohammed Shami has not been in his greatest kind up to now and leaked runs however what could be a priority for KL Rahul is the efficiency of Australian tempo duo of Jhye Richardson and Riley Meredith.
Both Richardson and Meredith have been costly in all of the matches they performed with out a lot success and it’s time for Rahul to think about different options like Chris Jordan.
Young Arshdeep Singh has been spectacular for Punjab.
The Teams:
SRH: David Warner (C), Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Wriddhiman Saha, Jonny Bairstow, Jason Roy, Sreevats Goswami, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Kedar Jadhav, J Suchit, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rashid Khan, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem and Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul (c & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Prabsimran Singh, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Murugan Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Harpreet Brar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, Darshan Nalkande, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar.
Match begins at 3:30 PM.