Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will lock horns against each other on Friday night, when both teams will be on Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. Both teams lost their opening match of the season and are now expected to come back hard at each other. While Hyderabad lost the match against Kolkata Knight Riders in death overs, where they gave away 53 runs in 18 balls, Rajasthan was defeated by Kings XI Punjab in a thriller at Jaipur.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH is boosted by the return of explosive opener David Warner, who scored 85 runs in his comeback game against KKR. However, their star-studded bowling lineup couldn’t defend 182 runs and lost the match. Vijay Shankar’s form is a big plus for Hyderabad and they will try to utilize him in the middle order.
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Kane Williamson’s injury is still a sight of concern and SRH will take a decision over his availability before the game. If he will not play, Bairstow will keep his place in the playing XI. Rest of the lineup is expected to be the same for this match.
Probable XI: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C), Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma.
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan was marching towards a comfortable victory until they hit into an unusual dismissal by Ravichandran Ashwin, who Mankaded dangerous looking Jos Buttler at c crucial juncture. This changed the course of the match and Rajasthan crumbled under the pressure of the required run rate and conceded the match to KXIP.
Rajasthan is more likely to stick to the same playing XI in this game unless they opt to drop their most expensive buy of the season. Jaydev Unadkat didn’t enjoy his outing in the middle and conceded 44 runs in just three overs. In such a scenario, Varun Aaron is the most likely replacement of him.
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Probable XI: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Jos Buttler (WK), Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, K Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat/Varun Aaron.
