After beating Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their own den, Rajasthan Royals (RR) will be back to their kingdom in order to keep their chances afloat of making it to the top-4 of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) edition when they take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday. Royals are currently placed at the seventh spot with eight points from 11 games and they have to win all the games to win the playing XI.
However, they would be missing the likes of Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer who have flown back to England to join the national side for the World Cup camp. On the other hand, SRH, placed at the fourth spot with five wins from 10 games, would want to leave behind the six-wicket win against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and return to winning ways.
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They would dearly miss Jonny Bairstow who has done the bulk of their scoring alongside David Warner. It is expected that New Zealand’s Martin Guptill will be included in the playing XI. They would also be hoping for the return of their regular skipper Kane Williamson, who was missed in their last game on account of both his batting and captaincy.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
With Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer going back to perform their national duties, Royals now have some big shoes to fill. However, they do have enough bench strength to replace them as Liam Livingstone and Ish Sodhi can be the better replacements for both of them. However, even the out of form Ashton Turner has chances of coming in as a replacement.
Probable XI: Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Ashton Turner/Liam Livingstone, Riyan Parag, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Oshane Thomas, Varun Aaron, Ish Sodhi
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
In most of the wins for SRH this season, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow made a crucial role and hence, after the latter leaving the team for his national duties, the Hyderabad team management needs to find a right replacement and that can be the veteran wicket-keeper, Wriddhiman Saha.
Probable XI: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed
