Punjab vs Hyderabad, SMAT, Today Match Prediction 01 December 2024

PCA vs HDB Match Prediction & Analysis

Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy is running in full flow with teams fighting hard to move up the points table currently. Both teams Punjab and Hyderabad are in a similar position at the middle half of their points table. Hyderabad won their last game and will look to continue their winning streak while Punjab will look to make a comeback after their jail break with a super over victory to win their last match. We expect both teams to go hard at each other in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Punjab Preview

Punjab failed to chase 177 runs in their last match finishing with 176/7 in 20 overs. Their batters Prabhsimran Singh (45 runs), Naman Dhir (41 runs) and Anmolpret Singh (21 runs) led their batting unit with good knocks to keep chipping with scoreboard effectively but they faltered in middle overs from 109/2 to 152/7. Harpret Brar's 7-ball 23 run burst in the last over helped them to tie the game. 

Their bowlers gave the opposition to 176/5 in the last game. Abhishek Sharma (1/24) and Baltej Singh (3/41) troubled the opposition taking 4 wickets between them but gave runs at an economy rate of 9 RPO last game. Mayank Markande (1/22) chipped in a wicket and  vital economical overs in the game. 

Key players: Harpret Brar, Abishek Sharma, Ashwani Kumar

Punjab Predicted Playing XI:

Prabhsimran Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Anmolpret Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harpret Brar, Dhaliwal, Mayank Markande, Ashwani Kumar, Baltej Singh

Hyderabad Preview

Hyderabad made 119/1 in just 12.1 overs successfully chasing the target in the last game. Their top order batters Rohit Rayudu (56 runs) & Tilak Varma (51 runs) lead their innings with an unbeaten 90-run partnership to win the match. Heather knight (29 runs) played good cameos at the other end in the match. 

Their bowlers the restricted the opposition to just 118/9. T Ravi Teja took 4 wickets at the top while the duo of Milind and Ajay Dev chipped in with 2 wickets each in the match. Nitin Sai, Rohit Rayudu and C Rakshan ably ed their bowling unit with some quite overs. 

Key players: Tilak Varma, Ravi Teja, C Milind

Hyderabad Predicted Playing XI:

Tanmay Agarwal, Rohit Rayudu, Tilak Varma, Rahul Buddhi, Pratek Singh, M Jaiswal, Milind, Ajay Dev, Nitin Sai, C Rakshan, Ravi Teja

Weather Conditions

Rajkot will have bright and breezy weather during the match. We expect no weather interruptions in the match. 

PCA vs HDB Pitch Report

Rajkot will have a placid track where there will lot of runs on offer. Batters need to apply themselves and make big scores on this pitch. 

Toss: To Bowl

Both captains will look to bowl first on this pitch as the pitch will be good to bowl on early in the match and it tends to ease down as match progresses.