IPL 2025, SRH vs RR: Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals on Sunday. Last year’s runners-up Sunrisers Hyderabad will start as favourites in their opening Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday.
Sunrisers posted 250-plus totals three times last season, including 287 against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in an away match and 277 against Mumbai Indians at home. The 2016 winners Sunrisers look far batter placed than Royals, who are will miss skipper Sanju Samson due to his finger injury. Samson cannot keep wickets and field and can only bat with protection on his finger. It won’t be a surprise if he comes as an Impact Player.
SRH Predicted XI
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhinav Manohar, Wiaan Mulder, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Rahul Chahar, Mohammed Shami
Impact Subs: Jaydev Unadkat, Aniket Verma
Player to watch out for: With the kind of form Abhishek and Head have been having recently, the Sunrisers supporters can expect to see impressive strokes. In the last T20I he played, Abhishek scored 135 off just 54 balls with a strike rate of 250 against England during the home series in February.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma
Impact subs: Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kunal Singh Rathore
Player to watch out for: Yashasvi Jaiswal, who missed out on the Champions Trophy squad will be eager to start the season on a high. Jaiswal will be looking to cement his place in India’s T20I XI as well.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Shami, Adam Zampa, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Chahar, Eshan Malinga, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari.
Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag (c), Sanju Samson, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Rana, Kunal Singh Rathore, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Ashok Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Sandeep Sharma, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh.
Matches: 20
SRH won: 11
RR won: 9
The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad is generally known to provide pitches that favour batsmen. Expect high-scoring encounters, with average first-inning scores often in the 190-200 range.
A clear evening is generally expected at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Temperatures are likely to be in the range of 32-33 degrees Celsius. There is a slight chance of passing a shower during the match.
The clash between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will be telecasted on Star Sports and JioHotstar.
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