SRH vs PBKS: Punjab elect to bat in Hyderabad

Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and elected to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an IPL 2025 match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday evening (April 12).

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PBKS have retained the same playing XI, while SRH made one change to the side giving a debut to Sri Lankan right-arm pacer Eshan Malinga in place of Kamindu Mendis.

What captains said

"I think we can chase anything. Not an ideal start. But we are training really well. Everyone is in a good space. We have lost a few in a row, but that isn't ideal. One change. Malinga comes in the side for Kamindu Mendis," said SRH skipper Pat Cummins.

"We are going to bat. In the last few games we have batted first, we have the ability to post good scores. We want to play some aggressive cricket, that's our mindset at the moment. We have seen that we don't have a fantastic record in the powerplay. We don't have that thought at the back of our minds. Every individual in our team plays their brand of cricket. We got to be top-notch, and need to back our instincts. We have to keep repeating that again and again. Playing with the same team," said Shreyas.

Playing XIs

Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson.

Impact Subs: Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Harpreet Brar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (w), Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Shami, Eshan Malinga.

Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Jaydev Unadkat.