PBKS vs SRH Live Score, IPL 2026 LIVE Updates: 4, 4, 4, 6 - SRH Go Past 100 In Powerplay; PBKS In Deep Trouble

Sunrisers Hyderabad are off to a flying start in the first over against Punjab Kings. The openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head scored nine runs in the over of Arshdeep Singh. The Punjab Kings pacer, who is going through a tough phase in the ongoing tournament, will be eager to get some wickets.

SRH 9/0 (1 over)

"(On this season) It's good. Not getting the wickets as much as I want. The account is not open yet, but it's a positive sign as well. The team is doing well. We are winning the games. So, just looking forward that when I'll start performing, we'll dominate this league. So, looking forward to those matches and just having fun right now. Had a chat with Ricky and Hopes in the last session about this and they were like, we are very happy with the execution I'm doing," said PBKS pacer Arshdeep Singh.

"We would have loved to bowl first. But yeah, I think wicket looks pretty hard to me. And it's about playing good cricket in the first innings. (On captaining) Obviously, it's a big disadvantage for any team, Pat is a tremendous bowler. He gets on with an experience of his. But still, I feel we've got a young side, young bowlers today in the team. And hopefully, we'll just try and execute the plans, which is the most important thing in T20 cricket. Yeah, there are two changes. Salil comes in in place of Livingstone and Praful Hinge, it's his debut game, in place of Jaydev Unadkat," said SRH skipper Ishan Kishan.

"We're going to bowl first. It's a day game and obviously want to get a knack of how the wicket is going to play and a fair idea. But other than that, that's what we've been doing in the last couple of games. We've been thriving on that. (Things to address?) I personally feel that you can't control the nature of the weather. You've just got to go with the flow. And I personally feel that we don't have to address anything at any point of time. Just back each other, back all the youngsters in the team. The more you tell them, the confusing it gets for them. So, it's better that they live in their own nature and express themselves. No, we're going with the same team. Actually, bowling first, Priyansh comes in for Nehal," said PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer.

"From a team perspective, we're looking at some of those SRH batters and they are incredibly destructive. But just to talk about the wicket quickly, it's a day game, so it's going to be slightly different. We've seen scores here of 160, 170 a couple of weeks ago. Again, a low scoring game. So I think the bowlers are the ones that are smiling. We're not going to get those big 220s, 230s this afternoon. I think batting first, you'll see that 170 kind of area and then as the sun starts to drop down, it'll skid on and become a little bit better. I think you're gonna find your match-up. On this pitch, it just brings them a little bit closer together. You can hold your length a little bit," said Dale Steyn.

Led by Shreyas Iyer, PBKS have come to symbolise what a winning unit should look like, whether it is chasing down a 200-plus total with ease against Chennai Super Kings in a sea of yellow or overcoming former champions Gujarat Titans on a tricky Mullanpur surface. They could have been on course for a third successive win against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens with Australian quick Xavier Bartlett wreaking havoc before heavy rain and a thunderstorm forced them to share a point with the hosts.

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