Gujarat Titans (GT) Hardik Pandya won the toss and opted to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. This is the first time in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season that SRH skipper Kane Williamson has lost the toss.
“Playing on a fresh wicket and not sure how the wicket is gonna play. There might be something in it for the bowlers initially. With our batting line-up it's better that we know exactly how much we are chasing, gives us more clarity. No changes for us. We have seven options in the bowling and if the need be, I will bowl,” Pandya said after winning the toss.
Pandya made no changes to his side whereas Williamson brought back Washington Sundar into the side, replacing Jagadeesha Suchith. Sundar was out of the action due to injury. The spin all-rounder has played four games so far. Suchith has been impressive so far with four wickets from three games and maintained a good economy rate.
“The surfaces have been pretty good throughout, it's a good opportunity today. Washington Sundar comes in for Suchith. He is totally excited to be back has recovered fairly quickly and big player for our team. Both (Lockie and Umran) guys are keen to bowl fast and we do have reasonble gaps between games which I think is important and that's where you look to manage as best as you can but obviously you take conditions into account as well and at the moment he (Umran) is fit and ready,” Williamson said after losing the toss.
GT XI: Wriddhiman Saha(w), Shubman Gill, Hardik Pandya(c), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Alzarri Joseph, Lockie Ferguson, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami
SRH XI: Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson(c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran(w), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
