Two former champions, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, will look to start out the recent season of Tata IPL on a successful word once they conflict on the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Uppal) on what seems to be to be an ideal batting strip right here on Sunday afternoon.
With captain Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen not accessible for the opener, the seasoned Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead Sunrisers.
Last 12 months’s runner-up, Royals, will financial institution on Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal, winners of the Orange and the Purple caps, respectively within the 2022 version.
Royals even have the extremely promising duo of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Devdutt Padikkal too complement Buttler on the high of the order. Captain Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetymer add additional explosive energy to the aspect.
In bowling, the artful R. Ashwin ought to be the one to be careful within the firm of a tempo battery that includes Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma and Obed McCoy.
On the opposite hand, Sunrisers’ hopes hinge across the type of the batters. The newly-signed abroad pair of Harry Brook and Glen Phillips shall be particulary necessary together with the skilled Mayank Agarwal.
In its bowling armoury, Sunrisers take pleasure in depth and selection within the type of Adil Rashid, Kartik Tyagi, Bhubaneswar, Umran Malik, T. Natarajan, and all-rounder Washington Sundar who’re all able to testing batters.
SQUADS
SRH: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh.
RR: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul P A, Joe Root.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com