Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal was ruled out of the IPL 2022 game against Sunrisers Hyderabad with a toe injury. In Mayank’s absence, Punjab will be led by Shikhar Dhawan. SRH have fielded an unchanged side.

Stand-in captain Shikhar Dhawan informed at the toss that Mayank injured his toe while training on Saturday but should be fine for the next game against Delhi Capitals on April 20. Prabhsimran Singh replaced Mayank in the playing XI.’

“Mayank injured his toe while training yesterday. He should be fine for the next game,” Dhawan said.

“It’s something we’ve done recently, we need to just play according to our plans. The wicket will hold up for the entire game, just need to make those small improvements, the signs are good, and need to adjust to the conditions early. Same team for us,” Kane Williamson told after winning the toss.

Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Marco Jansen, J Suchith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh.