The match is going to be held between Punjab Kings XI and Sunrisers Hyderabad from 7:30 pm today at the Punjab Cricket Association Ground in New Chandigarh, Mohali. This IPL match is going to be very exciting. Both the teams have reached Chandigarh. Yesterday both the teams reached the field and practiced. This is the second international level match on this ground. Before this, the only IPL match was played here on 23 March.
Earlier on Monday, both the teams had practiced at the same cricket stadium in Mallapur. Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen Glenn Phillips, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Mayank Agarwal and Anmolpreet Singh batted. All-rounders Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahwaz Ahmed practiced batting. From Kings XI, all-rounders like Curran, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar first improved their fitness by playing football. Jitesh Sharma, Prabh Simran Singh practiced batting.
Let us tell you that last time long lines of spectators were seen for entry. The spectators stood in queues outside for about one and a half hours before the start of the match. In view of this, Punjab Cricket Association has decided to start the entry early this time. The police administration is also ready regarding this. Different teams have been formed by the police. This time the number of entry gates has also been increased so that people can enter at the right time.