IPL 2017: Rising Pune Supergiant vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, 5 factors of winning

With the ball

Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been in scintillating form and could be a valuable asset in the death

Pune desperately need to find the right bowling resources and quickly. They have over-relied on Imran Tahir for wickets and to curb the scoring rate. However, with the Sunrisers boasting three left-handed batsmen in their top 5, the leggie may not be very effective.

Ben Stokes bowled well against Royal Challengers Bangalore in their last game and Dan Christian, Shardul Thakur and Jaydev Unadkat all came to the party. They will have a similar job when Sunrisers come to their home ground.

Sunrisers are blessed with two exceptional T20 bowlers in Bhuvneshwar and Rashid Khan. The eight overs bowled by these two have more often than not been enough to restrict the opposition. However, they went into the last game with the fifth bowler duties shared between Yuvraj and Henriques, a rather risky move.

While Mohammad Siraj and Siddharth Kaul looked decent they may need an additional bowler in case Ben Stokes, Steven Smith or Ajinkya Rahane get going. Henriques is a decent fifth bowler option but Hooda and Yuvraj aren't which means that Hyderabad might struggle if one of their main bowlers has an off day.