The Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh is set to witness an exciting afternoon encounter as Punjab Kings lock horns with Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 17 of IPL 2026. As the tournament progresses, both teams will look to secure some vital points in this weekend encounter. The Punjab Kings, the only other team that remains unbeaten so far, has enjoyed a good run of form in this season with two consecutive wins in their opening fixtures and would be looking to extend it. Under the leadership of Shreyas Iyer, PBKS looks a well-balanced unit with Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh, and the debutant Cooper Connolly performing with the bat whereas the bowling unit also stepped up when required. On the contrary, the Sunrisers Hyderabad have had a poor start to the tournament with one win and two losses so far in the tournament. Heinrich Klaasen has been their main contributor, while players like Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma have shown sparks of their potential. SRH would be looking for consistency with both bat and ball particularly in the bowling department. At the toss, Punjab Kings have won and chose to bowl first. Here's what the captains said at the toss: Shreyas Iyer: "We're going to bowl first. It's a day game and obviously want to get a knack of how the wicket is going to play and a fair idea. But other than that, that's what we've been doing in the last couple of games. We've been thriving on that. (Things to address?) I personally feel that you can't control the nature of the weather. You've just got to go with the flow. And I personally feel that we don't have to address anything at any point of time. Just back each other, back all the youngsters in the team. The more you tell them, the confusing it gets for them. So, it's better that they live in their own nature and express themselves. No, we're going with the same team. Actually, bowling first, Priyansh comes in for Nehal." Ishan Kishan: "We would have loved to bowl first. But yeah, I think wicket looks pretty hard to me. And it's about playing good cricket in the first innings. (On captaining) Obviously, it's a big disadvantage for any team, Pat is a tremendous bowler. He gets on with an experience of his. But still, I feel we've got a young side, young bowlers today in the team. And hopefully, we'll just try and execute the plans, which is the most important thing in T20 cricket. Yeah, there are two changes. Salil comes in in place of Livingstone and Praful Hinge, it's his debut game, in place of Jaydev Unadkat." Also Read | Shocking! Yuzi Chahal Caught Smoking and Throwing a Cigarette While Driving PBKS vs SRH Playing XI Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal PBKS Impact subs: Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga SRH Impact subs: Jaydev Unadkat, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Praful Hinge, Kamindu Mendis