IPL 2022: Kane Williamson Out of SRH Playing 11 for SRH vs PBKS Match? Who will be SRH Captain?

Kane Williamson IPL 2022: In a massive breaking news, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Kane Williamson has left the Indian Premier League (IPL 2022) bio-bubble for the birth of his second child. The Sunrisers Hyderabad registered an incredible 3-run victory over Mumbai Indians during their most recent game of the tournament. SRH currently have 6 wins from as many as 13 matches and will be facing Punjab Kings in the last league match of the tournament which will be a must-win fixture for them to have a chance at IPL 2022 playoffs qualification.

IPL 2022: Kane Williamson Out of SRH Playing 11 for SRH vs PBKS Match? Who will be SRH Captain?

The Sunrisers Hyderabad have come up with a huge announcement that their captain Kane Williamson is flying back to New Zealand to be with his wife, Sarah Raheem, for the birth of their second child. He played the last game against Mumbai Indians where the SRH skipper demoted himself in the batting order. However, there is still no clear update with regards to whether Williamson will return to the Indian Premier League 2022 season or not. In his absence, Bhuvneshwar Kumar will captain the Sunrisers Hyderabad during the final league match against Punjab Kings on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

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Our skipper Kane Williamson is flying back to New Zealand, to usher in the latest addition to his family. ?

Here's everyone at the #Riser camp wishing Kane Williamson and his wife a safe delivery and a lot of happiness!#OrangeArmy #ReadyToRise pic.twitter.com/3CFbvN60r4

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 18, 2022

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Kane Williamson has not experienced the best of forms with the bat in IPL 2022 so far. The right-hander has managed to score just 216 runs from as many as 13 matches at a poor strike-rate of less than 100.

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Kane Williamson Stats in IPL

Matches	Runs	50s	IPL 2022 Performance	Recent Form
76	2101	18	216 runs (13 games)	8*, 9, 0, 4, 47

SRH Playing 11
1. Abhishek Sharma
2. Priyam Garg
3. Rahul Tripathi
4. Glenn Phillips
5. Aiden Markram
6. Nicholas Pooran (wk)
7. Washington Sundar
8. Fazalhaq Farooqi
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C)
10. Umran Malik
11. T Natarajan

SRH 2022 squad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, J Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbot, Ravikumar Samarth, Shashank Singh, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Punjab Kings

During the previous game between these two teams earlier in IPL 2022, the Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to register a convincing 7-wicket victory against Punjab Kings. The Sunrisers Hyderabad will now have to defeat Punjab Kings by a huge margin on Sunday to have a chance at playoffs qualification.

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