The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Punjab Kings take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Sunday, April 17. The first ball will be bowled at 3.30pm local time (11am GMT).
The game will be held at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy Mumbai.
Only net run rate separates Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad heading into each side's sixth IPL match, with both having claimed identical records of three wins and two defeats so far.
Kings are yet to reel off successive wins in the competition, with each of their successes being followed by a loss.
They returned to winning ways against Mumbai Indians, defending a first-innings total of 198 for 5.
Odean Smith claimed 4 for 30 to help secured a 12-run victory after Shikhar Dhawan had struck 70 from 50 balls.
Sunrisers lost their opening two games but are now the form team in the competition thanks to a run of three straight wins.
The most recent of them came against Kolkata Knight Riders after they chase down the target of 176 with 13 balls remaining.
Rahul Tripathi produced another vital performance with 71 from 37 deliveries, including half a dozen sixes, as part of a 94-run stand with Aiden Markram who added an unbeaten 68.
Jonny Bairstow will be eyeing a return to form (Francois Nel/Getty Images)
It hasn't been the start to his Punjab Kings career that Jonny Bairstow would have envisaged when he joined from England Test duty.
Twenty runs across two innings and a top score of 12 is well down on what the Yorkshireman can produce in this format.
Now would be as good a time as ever to return to his best form, against his former employers who he averaged 41.52 for and accumulated 1,038 runs in 28 innings.
Tall left-armer Marco Jansen will be among those trying to continue his uncertain run of form.
The South African will take the new ball alongside Bhuveshwar Kumar and will hope to add to his tally of wickets in the powerplay after picking up Aaron Finch in the win over KKR.
Jansen has an economy rate of 6.91 from his three outings and has only gone for one six in his 12 overs.
Matches played: 17
Punjab Kings wins: 5
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 12
Another clear day is expected in Mumbai, with temperatures hitting 31 degrees Celsius for the start of play.
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Jonny Bairstow, Rahul Chahar, Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Ishan Porel, Liam Livingstone, Odean Smith, Sandeep Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, Vaibhav Arora, Writtick Chatterjee, Baltej Dhanda, Ansh Patel, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Benny Howell
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Marco Jansen [Phill Magakoe/Getty Images]
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Odeon Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Vaibhav Arora, Arshdeep Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Punjab Kings start the game as favourites at 4/5 with several bookmakers, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are available at 11/10.
If Kings fire they have the capacity to take the game away from Sunrisers with the bat, but SRH are coming into the game in decent touch and should get the job done here.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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