IPL 2026: SRH invite RR to bat first, Pat Cummins returns; Know playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and chose to field first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their IPL 2026 clash at the Sawai Mansingh stadium in Jaipur on April 25.

Pat Cummins returned as SRH captain after Dilshan Madushanka walked out of the playing XI. SRH made one more change as Hinge came in for Harsh.

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SRH captain Cummins, after winning the toss, said:

"Pat Cummins: We're going to have a bowl first. The wicket looks good, but we have to see what we need to chase down. (How are you feeling?) Still really fresh. It's been a little while, but I've had really good preparation, a couple of bowls over here. I haven't played a game for a while, so we'll see how we go. But the body feels awesome. (Your thoughts on the job that Ishan did?) He's fantastic. Yeah, four wins from the first seven games. I think he played the style that we really try and lead into here at SRH, that aggressive, fearless, style approach. (What is going to be important for your unit away from home?) We know the pitch really well in Hyderabad. I think the challenge when you go play away is trying to sense what a good score is, what short work or ball work. So I think it's the first game for this venue for the season, so it'll be a challenge for both teams. Yeah, I've come in for Madushanka and Hinge has come in Harsh Dubey."

Meanwhile, RR skipper Riyan Parag, after losing the toss, said:

"We were looking to do that as well. But last couple of seasons we have not done well chasing, no problems batting first. We know the wicket really well. We had our camp here. There might be dew but it won't be too much. Last year we fell short by a couple of overs, just want to put a collective 40 overs. The middle order has to step up and the others."

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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI):

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma

Rajasthan Royals Impact Subs: Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Bishnoi, Ravi Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI):

Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora(w), Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Shivang Kumar, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Smaran Ravichandran, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, Travis Head