What happened to Kane Williamson: Why Kane Williamson is not playing today IPL 2022 match between SRH and PBKS?

Why Kane Williamson is not playing today: Sunrisers Hyderabad have made a couple of changes for their last IPL 2022 match.

During the 70th match of the ongoing 15th season of the Indian Premier League between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings at the Wankhede Stadium, Sunrisers Hyderabad stand-in captain Bhuvneshwar Kumar has won the toss and chose to bat.

“We will bat first. Same wicket as the last game, so could be a bit sticky going into the second innings. We would love to win this match and go up a bit in the points table. It looks like a slow surface and we’re backing ourselves to defend a score,” Kumar told Star Sports at the toss.

Although playing a dead-rubber, Punjab Kings captain Mayank Agarwal didn’t take away any importance from an IPL match which will give them a couple of points nonetheless.

“Every game is important and we’re looking forward to the two points. We are bowling first, so we’ll know what target we’ll be chasing tonight,” Agarwal told Star Sports at the toss..

Why Kane Williamson is not playing vs PBKS today?

The biggest change for Sunrisers has come in the form of Kumar leading the side in place of Kane Williamson. Readers must note that Williamson has returned home due to the impending birth of his second child.

All-rounder Romario Shepherd, who has played a couple of matches this season, has replaced Williamson in the Playing XI. The second change for SRH has come in the form of Jagadeesha Suchith coming in for fast bowler T. Natarajan.

Big Shep is about to hit a big landmark in his career. 🧡@RomarioShepher2 | #SRHvPBKS #OrangeArmy #ReadyToRise #TATAIPL pic.twitter.com/0NbtUqD9K6

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 22, 2022

As far as Kings are concerned, Agarwal announced three changes as debutant all-rounder Prerak Mankad, batter Shahrukh Khan and fast bowler Nathan Ellis have replaced batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa, all-rounder Rishi Dhawan and spinner Rahul Chahar in their Playing XI.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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