Their campaign back on track with a hat-trick of wins, Kings XI Punjab will take on another resurgent team – Sunrisers Hyderabad – on Satur...
Their campaign back on track with a hat-trick of wins, Kings XI Punjab will take on another resurgent team – Sunrisers Hyderabad – on Saturday in a must-win IPL game for the two well-matched sides.
Both KXIP and SRH have garnered eight points apiece after 10 games, but the Hyderabad outfit is a rung ahead in the eight-team standings, on the fifth spot by virtue of a better net run rate.
And both teams need to win their remaining four games to guarantee their place in the playoffs.
It has been a terrific turnaround, especially for KXIP after a slow start to the tournament.
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After the initial hiccups, KXIP got its campaign back on track with three consecutive wins – over mighty Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore and the KL Rahul-led side would be hoping to carry the winning momentum forward to break into the top four.
While KXIP’s batting is in the safe hands of skipper Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran, the shaky form of Glenn Maxwell remains a concern.
It has been an erratic season for KXIP so far despite having two of the top three run-getters in openers Rahul (540) and Mayank Agarwal (398) in its ranks.
But the successful...
