SRH vs RR: Pat Cummins drops Aiden Markram to add star all-rounder against unchanged Rajasthan Royals; check playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajasthan Royals. Pat Cummins add Marco Jansen in the line-up in place of Aiden Markram.

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Pat Cummins and Sanju Samson in frame (Getty)

Pat Cummins and Sanju Samson in frame (Getty)

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SRH elect to bat first vs RR.Marco Jansen repalces Aiden Markram for SRH.RR play with the same team.

Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first against Sanju Samson's Rajasthan Royals in match 50 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, on May 2 (Thursday). The game is crucial for SRH to reenter the top four in the points table and on the other hand, RR can ensure their qualification into the playoffs with a win here. Marco Jansen comes in place of Aiden Markram for SRH.

 

Head-to-Head

 

Both Hyderabad and Rajasthan have faced each other 18 times and both teams have 9 wins against each other. The team winning today will get the edge over the other.

 

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Captains at Toss

 

"We are gonna have a bat. The games we have won, we batted first. That's probably our strength. Looks like a good wicket," said Cummins after winning the toss.

 

"We also wanted to bat looking at the conditions. It does suit the team, we have done both well this season. The momentum is the key in this tournament. Lot of things have been working well. To recognise what is working well, we just want to stick with that," said Samson.

 

SRH vs RR Playing XIs

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan

 

Impact Subs: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Aiden Markram, Sanvir Singh, Jaydev Unadkat

 

Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma

 

Impact Subs: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tanush Kotian

 

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