The 49th match will be played today in IPL 2026. The teams of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will face each other at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Both the teams are full of dangerous batsmen. In such a situation, the fans are eagerly waiting for this match. In response to Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan and Heinrich Klaasen are Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, Cooper Connolly and Shreyas Iyer. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see who wins in today’s match.

Punjab Kings is at number one in the points table. Shreyas Iyer’s team has won 6 matches so far in 9 matches. However, Punjab has lost its last two matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad also lost their last match against KKR. Hyderabad team is at third place in the points table. So far, Pat Cummins’s team has won six matches in 10 matches.

Who is ahead in head to head?

Pat Cummins’ team has the upper hand in the head to head between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Hyderabad has defeated Punjab 17 times so far, whereas the Punjab team has so far been able to defeat Hyderabad only 8 times.

Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium pitch report

The pitch of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is suitable for the batsmen. Rain of fours and sixes is seen here. Many times 300 runs have been scored here. It’s a night match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first, because any target can be chased on this ground.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that the match is even. That means it is a 50-50 match. Both the teams will try their best to win. However, our match prediction meter is saying that the team chasing the target has more chances of winning in this match.

Probable playing eleven of Sunrisers Hyderabad- Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aniket Verma, Pat Cummins (c), Harsh Dubey, Saqib Hussain, Harshal Patel

Impact Player- Ishan Malinga

Probable playing eleven of Punjab Kings- Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Suryansh Shedge, Nehal Wadhera, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh and Yuzvendra Chahal.

Impact Player- Vijaykumar Vaishyak