After a jolt of Mankading incident and the loss that followed, Rajasthan Royals are all set to face Sunrisers Hyderabad, who too got defeated in the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders despite dominating comeback half-century from David Warner. Likewise, Jos Buttler dominated Kings XI Punjab, but lost due to the Mankading act by Ashwin to run out Buttler, who was in a tremendous form. SRH vs RR is going to be more interesting as David Warner and Steven Smith are back in IPL after imposing one-year ban.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals is scheduled to be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium,Hyderabad where the temperature is around 30° which leads to no dew factor on the ground. Although Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has a flat track which tends to slow down and hence spinners are going to have a great day today. When we talk about spinners, who can simply forget Rashid Khan.
Rashid Khan for Sunrisers Hyderabad can dominate Rajasthan, but not an easy job because on the other side, Jos Buttler is in enormous form and after the Mankading act, he might be on his high. Steve Smith could also be an X Factor today as Smith loves to play on flat track in India and knows the spinners. Kane Williamson is coming back after the injury, which makes the way out to the pavilion for Johnny Bairstow. Since Rajasthan Royals are in a good space, the team is likely to go with the same playing XI.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, Probable XI: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul
Rajasthan Royals, Probable XI: Jos Buttler, Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, K Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Kane Williamson, Ricky Bhui, Shreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Martin Guptill, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Billy Stanlake, K Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sanju Samson, Steven Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni, Prashant Chopra, Manan Vohra, Aryaman Birla, Stuart Binny, Shashank Singh, Liam Livingstone, Shubham Ranjane, Ashton Turner, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Ish Sodhi, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas, Sudhesan Midhun