The Sunrisers Hyderabad scored 89 runs for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of 10 overs against the Rajasthan Royals. The hosts struggled to get going after losing Abhishek Sharma on the first ball of the innings.
Abhishek Sharma was dismissed for a golden duck as he top-edged the first ball straight to third man. Jofra Archer got rid of the dangerous Abhishek Sharma to give RR a fast start in the match. Abhishek, who scored his first half-century of the season in the last match, failed to repeat his heroics.
After the powerplay, captain Riyan Parag got the wicket of Travis Head. The Australian star tried to increase the scoring rate but departed after being caught at long on. Head made 18 runs off 18 balls.
SRH captain Ishan Kishan was still going strong at the halfway stage of the innings. The southpaw scored 56 runs in 31 balls to give SRH a chance to score a competitive total. He was joined by Heinrich Klassen in the middle.
For RR, Archer and Parag were the best bowlers, taking a wicket each. The visitors will hope to restrict SRH to a low total and get their fifth win of the season.
Earlier, Riyan Parag won the toss and elected to bowl first. The Royals made two changes to the team, and Sooryavanshi will come in as an impact player.
“We’ll be bowling first. A new wicket for us, first time it’s been used this season as well. So hopefully there’s a little bit of stickiness at the start. We’ve chased down a lot of totals here. We fell short in 2024, so hopefully not the case this time. We’ve got two changes. Brijesh steps out, and Tushar Deshpande comes in.” Parag said.
Confirmed Playing XI for both teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Praful Hinge, Eshan Malinga
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande
