Kings XI Punjab will be up against the Pune Warriors India when the two teams clash for their IPL fixture at the Punjab Cricket Association stadium in Mohali on Sunday, April 21.
Kings XI Punjab have earned the title of being giant killers after winning matches against the Chennai Super Kings and the Kolkata Knight Riders.
However, their overall form has not been great and the batting has hardly clicked, which is quite expected of a side which has restrained from spending money that is needed to get hold of top notch talent. Adam Gilchrist is past it and his batting can be best described as poor in the IPL.
There are no players in the batting lineup who have ever played for India and Piyush Chawla coming in to bat at number 5 shows their weakness.
David Hussey has been in good nick throughout the tournament and his contribution will again be crucial. The bowling lineup of Praveen Kumar, Chawla, Manpreet Gony, Azhar Mahmood and Dimitri Mascarenhas has been quite decent of late.
Pune Warriors India head into this match on the back of an infamous defeat at the hands of the Sunrisers Hyderabad, where chasing 120 for victory, the Warriors went from 101/4 to bowled out for 108.
Yuvraj Singh should be back in the lineup besides the in-form Aaron Finch, Robin Uthappa, Steve Smith, Angelo Mathews and Mitchell Marsh.
The return of Yuvraj to the side should act as a catalyst for good performances as he is one of the players out there who can win matches individually by their batting, bowling, as well as fielding.
Yuvraj really is a special player and fans will be extremely happy to see him back on the field. The Warriors bowling has also been strong with Rahul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Matthews and Marsh delivering.