IPL 2026 SRH vs PBKS Playing 11: Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against Shreyas Iyer-led Punjab Kings in the 49th match of the IPL 2026 on May 06 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Both sides had an impressive campaign in the ongoing season and are in search of a victory to finish in the top two to strengthen their playoff chances.
With Punjab Kings have 6 wins out of 9 games with one game abandoned due to rain, SRH have 6 wins out of 10 games.
Punjab Kings are currently in the top position, while SRH are in the third spot of the IPL 2026 points table.
Punjab Kings won the toss and opted to bowl. PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer said, “We are going to bowl first. So far so good. We have got amazing learnings from the last 2 games. We have got 2 losses but still happy with being top on the table.
(on the campaign) There haven’t been any complaints. People are putting the hard yards. You have to keep up and running. We are bunch of professionals, can’t complain.
(reason to bowl first) The surface looks beautiful. There isn’t a piece of grass. The last game we played against SRH on this wicket, they chased 240. Shashank and Lockie comes in,” concluded Shreyas Iyer.
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SRH captain Pat Cummins said, “Yeah, we would have had a bowl as well. But we have won a lot of games batting first so we aren’t much upset.
Yes, it has been a really good campaign for us. It wasn’t our day last game but we won 5 games on the trot before that. Really positive group. We don’t have to look far back. Hopefully more of the same tonight.
(On the crowd) They have been awesome since the last few years. They love to see awesome cricket and hopefully we are bring in more of that tonight.
IPL 2026 SRH vs PBKS Playing 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing 11: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain.
Punjab Kings Playing 11: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Suryansh Shedge, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
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