Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are up against former champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) as Bhuvneshwar Kumar's brigade won the toss and elected to field first in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday (April 2).
Former Punjab Kings' (PBKS) skipper Mayank Agarwal made debut for SRH while ex-Orange Army's star all-rounder Jason Holder was handed RR's debut cap.
“We will bowl first, looks like a good batting wicket. Will take advantage with the chase. (On captaincy) Just the one game this time. I'll try my best and do what is needed for the team. Farooqi, Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Glenn Phillips are our four foreigners,” SRH skipper Bhuvneshwar said after winning the toss.
“This is a new IPL with new rules. We have to respect the opponents and play to our strengths. Always feel good to wear this jersey, locking forward to playing in Jaipur. (On Sangakkara) We have a good relationship with each other. Discuss things regularly before games. Four foreigners today for us - Buttler, Holder, Boult and Hetmyer,” RR captain Sanju Samson said aftet the toss.
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Head-to-Head
SRH and RR have played each other 16 times, where SRH have emerged victorious in 8 games while RR have won 8 games. In the last 5 matches played between SRH and RR, SRH have won two matches while RR have won three matches.
Pitch Report
“Once again a fantastic venue, the pitch is more or less central- pretty even boundaries all along. The pitch looks pristine, a bit like how an English pitch would be, covered by dried grass and white in color. There won't be ready-made turn for for the spinners. Hyderabad has been a high scoring venue, teams that have won chasing have an average score of 190. So that tells you this is a venue where you are better off chasing, because sometimes in the pressure to get runs on the board you end up with just 150-160. The pitch is perfect, one where you would want to chase. In the afternoon, maybe there might be some turn," Sanjay Manjrekar analyses the pitch.
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Subs: Sandeep Sharma, Donavon Ferreira, Dhruv Jurel, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips(w), Umran Malik, Adil Rashid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Subs: Abdul Samad, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma.
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