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  In match 22 of the Indian Premier League 2020 ( IPL 2020 ), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Kings XI Punjab KXIP) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday Sunrisers Hyderabad, albeit inconsist, looks better off than KXIP considering how the latter keeps losing the plot despite doing well in all three departments -- batting, bowling, and sometimes fielding. SRH is plagued by injuries to key players including Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and they would need a formidable bowling attack becuase KXIP's batting is rock solid as KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal are in a good touch with the bat. Just a little bit fixes in bowling should do the job for KXIP. In head-to-head record, SRH has won 10 out of 14 encounters against KXIP. But in Dubai, we have seen anything but the usual happening. Read More

In match 33 of the VIVO Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019), Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) will host Rajsthan Royals (RR) at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. Kings XI Punjab slipped to fifth spot after suffering back-to-back losses against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore respectively while Rajsthan Royals defeated Mumbai Indians at Wankhede by four wickets and are currently placed at the seventh spot with two wins from seven matches. R Ashwin's KXIP have its batsmen in form but their bowlers have not been able to strike and save runs for the team. For Rajasthan, the batting side looks solid with Jos Buttler in complete control and he will be on KXIP's target list as his early dismissal would be crucial. Ajinkya Rahane's Rajasthan have one of the best playing 11 line-up yet they have performed poorly in the IPL 2019, the side would look to eliminate minor flaws in decision making to convert a decent overall show to victory. In their last game a...

In Match 24 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Mumbai Indians will host Kings XI Punjab at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. KXIP come to the match with three consecutive wins in their home ground, while Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their previous encounter. Mumbai Indians’ pacer Joseph Alazzari took six for 12--the best bowling figure in IPL history. Rohit Sharma will look to lead by example at the top of the batting order along with Quinton de Kock after failing to put on a quality show so far. While KXIP are placed at the third spot in IPL points table 2019 with four wins from six games, MI are fifth with three wins from five games. With the league closing in on the middle stage, each team will now look to grab the advantage and surge forward. The main concern for Mumbai Indians are form of their batters at the top as they don’t have anyone in the top-20 run-scorers' list in IPL 2019. However, they have a superior fast bowling attack bols...

In Match 6 of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2019), Kings XI Punjab will take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the backdrop of mankading controversy at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Wednesday. Skipper R Ashwin is in the eye of a storm after 'Mankading' Jos Buttler but a winning start will keep Kings XI Punjab upbeat against home favourites Kolkata Knight Riders. It was Ashwin's mankading of Jos Buttler that had triggered a dramatic collapse with Kings XI Punjab restricting Rajasthan Royals to 170 for nine to notch up a 14-run win. Buttler was looking in imperious touch with 69 from 43 balls and Rajasthan well on course to overhaul the target of 185 but following the dismissal they went on to lose eight wickets for 62 runs to hand Kings XI Punjab their maiden win in Jaipur. Though the dismissal was within the rules of the game, it sparked a huge furore with spin legend and Rajasthan Royals brand ambassador Shane Warne labelling it as "disgraceful" and against ...

In the 40th match of Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) Rajasthan Royals beat Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 15 runs to keep their hopes alive in the tournament. Rahul scored 91 Rajasthan Royals players Celebrate wicket of Kings XI Punjab batsman Ravichandran Ashwin during IPL 2018 cricket match at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. IPL 2018   :   In the 40th match of VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL 2018), chasing 159, Kings XI Punjab lost the match to Rajasthan Royals by 15 runs, despite K L Rahul’s brilliant 91-run innings. Only Stoinis could manage to get into double figures other than Rahul, rest of the batsmen were dismissed in single figures. Gayle, Nair, Ashwin, Tiwari, all failed to score runs. Krishnappa Gowtham dismissed Gayle and Ashwin in one over. Earlier, Jos Butler powered RR to 58 with a remarkable inning of 82. With this win, they RR still have the hopes alive of making it into the playoffs. Rajasthan Royals moved to the sixth position on the VIVO IPL point...