End on a high!

Their playoff hopes dashed both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings will be keen to end their IPL season on a winning note when the two teams clash in a dead rubber here on Sunday Both teams were knocked out of the playoff race when RCB defeated tabletoppers Gujarat Titans on ThursdayNo Williamson for SRHThe Sunrisers will be without the services of their skipper Kane Williamson who has returned to New Zealand for the birth of his second childIn his absence either Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Nicholas Pooran are likely to captain the Sunrisers in their last game this seasonWhile Sunrisers managed to snap their fivematch losing streak by eking out a narrow threerun win over Mumbai Indians Punjab succumbed to a 17run loss to Delhi CapitalsThe fact that Mayank Agarwal and Co could not win two games in a row sums up their inconsistent run all seasonHigh on spirits after thrashing RCB by 54 runs PBKS suffered an inexplicable batting collapse in their mustwin against DelhiThe Punjab bating unit has been plagued by inconsistencies and will need to fire in unison to build or defend a huge totalIf not for the star battersmdashJonny Bairstow Liam Livingstone and Shikhar DhawanmdashPunjab Kings have reliable Jitesh Sharma one of the finds of this IPL to finish the match or take them to a good totalOn the bowling front lead pacer Kagiso Rabada 22 continues to be the highest wicket taker among fast bowlers this season The South African has bowled at an average of 1672 with an economy of 836Arshdeep Singh 10 has impressed with his ability to land yorkers at will especially in the death overs The Sunrisers on the other hand won five backtoback matches and looked on course for a Top2 finish but injuries to their frontline bowlers Washington Sundar and T Natarjan deflated their campaign as they slumped to a fivematch losing streak Skipper Williamsonrsquos wretched form didnrsquot help their cause eitherPromising UmranOn the bowling front pace sensation Umran Malik who enjoyed a good outing in the previous game is likely to keep the speed gun radar busy Sunrisers also found star Afghan bowler in the form of medium pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi who did the tremendous job in the previous game Both Bhuvneshwar and Farooqi will be eyeing another good outing while Natarajan will have to forget the hammering by Tim DavidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever