Hyderabad Kingsmen PSL regular season mein 6th pe hain 8 points ke saath (4W-5L, NRR -1.037). Rawalpindiz 8th pe hain 2 points ke saath (1W-8L, NRR -1.330). HK ka last match Islamabad United ke against 8-wicket se loss tha, jab woh 80 pe bowled out ho gaye the. RW ka last match Islamabad United ke against 6-wicket win tha, 140/4 score karne ke baad.
Toss & Conditions
Head-to-Head
HK H2H mein 1-0 se lead kar rahe hain, 16 Apr 2026 ko 123/5 vs 121/9 jeet ke 5 wickets se, aur 21 balls remaining the.
Hyderabad Kingsmen
HK PSL regular season mein 6th pe hain 8 points ke saath, 4W-5L record aur NRR -1.037. Last three matches mein, woh Islamabad United se haare (80/10 vs 83/2) aur Multan Sultans ko haraya (214/6 vs 213/7) aur RW ko bhi (123/5 vs 121/9).
Rawalpindiz
RW PSL regular season mein 8th pe hain 2 points ke saath, 1W-8L record aur NRR -1.330. Last three mein, unhone Islamabad United ko haraya (140/4 vs 137/10) but Multan Sultans se haare (166/4 vs 167/4) aur Lahore Qalandars se bhi (178/9 vs 210/4).
Playing XI
Key Stats
Prediction
Key Stats HK ko 4-2 se favor karte hain, mainly points (8 vs 2), Elo (1499 vs 1380), NRR (-1.04 vs -1.33), aur last-1 H2H (1-0) ki wajah se, even though RW PP economy (7.7 vs 8.7) aur death economy (9.4 vs 11.0) mein lead kar rahe hain. Saare 4 models HK ko favor karte hain, 67% average ke saath (ML 59%, AI1 73%, AI2 68%, Math 68%). Bookmaker HK ko 57% (1.68) pe price kar raha hai vs RW 43% (2.20), aur call HK ki taraf lean karta hai points gap aur Elo edge ki wajah se.
Hyderabad Kingsmen produced a complete performance to crush Rawalpindiz by 108 runs, piling up 244/6 and then bowling the visitors out for 136 in 17.1 overs. The game swung decisively in the middle overs of the first innings, when HK recovered from early damage in a 78/2 powerplay to add a match-defining 106-run stand between Glenn Maxwell and Kusal Perera. HK never let the tempo drop: 107/3 in the middle phase at 10.7 an over set up a brutal finish, with 59/1 at 14.8 an over at the death. Rawalpindiz’s chase never stabilized after losing three wickets in the powerplay (57/3) and slid further to 73/5 in the middle overs before collapsing for 6/2 at the death.
Pre-match indicators strongly favored HK and the match followed that script emphatically. Hyderabad came in with the points edge (8 to 2), a +118.9 Elo advantage (1499 vs 1380), and all five models backing them (57–73% win probability), and they turned that superiority into a 108-run blowout. The one area Rawalpindiz were expected to hold—bowling economy in the powerplay (projected 7.7 vs HK’s 8.7) and at the death (9.4 vs 11.0)—didn’t translate: HK blasted 78 in the first six and 59 in the last four-plus overs, effectively flipping the projected control phases.
Maxwell’s 70 off 37 (SR 189) was the innings that broke the contest open, while Usman Khan’s 54 off 26 (SR 208) ensured the total ballooned beyond reach. For Rawalpindiz, Usman Khawaja’s 66 off 43 (SR 154) was the lone sustained resistance, supported only briefly by a 43-run stand with Mohammad Rizwan. The decisive figure, though, was MVP Hunain Shah, whose 4/22 in 3.1 overs (economy 7.0) ripped through the chase and ensured Rawalpindiz never got close to the required rate.







