RR vs SRH: Rajasthan missed out on becoming champion last time, Royals will start in 16th season as well
On the other hand, Sunrisers are yet to recover from their poor performance in the last two seasons. They finished eighth and last in 2021 under the captaincy of David Warner, while in 2022 they finished eighth out of ten teams playing under the captaincy of Kane Williamson.
This time, South Africa’s Aiden Markram has been given the captaincy, although Indian fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar will take charge in the first match. Markram will reach here on April 3 after the two-match ODI series against the Netherlands. Mayank Agarwal failed with the bat while captaining Rest of India XI against Madhya Pradesh last month. New Zealand wicket-keeper batsman Glenn Phillips seems to be in form among Sunrisers’ middle-order batsmen.
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Sunrisers’ strength is their fast bowling which includes Bhuvneshwar along with Umran Malik and South African Marco Jansen. However, Jensen is not available for the first match. Bhuvneshwar has been with the Sunrisers since 2013 and would know how to take advantage of the home ground.
Teams :
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Dagar, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Aqueel Hussain, Karthik Tyagi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markandey, T Natarajan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Adil Rashid, Sanveer Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Abdul Basit, Murugan Ashwin, Ravichandran Ashwin, KM Asif, Trent Boult, Jos Buttler, KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, D Ferreira, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Obed McCoy, Devdutt Paddikal, Riyan Parag, Kunal Singh Rathour, Joe Root, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Akash Vashisht, Kuldeep Yadav, Adam Zampa.
Match time: 3 pm. From 30
