Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, March 29: Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will face off in the fifth match of the TATA IPL 2022. Both teams have one championship under their belts and will be vying for a second this season. Last season, these two teams had a terrible season, finishing in the bottom two spots on the points table. Both teams played 14 games, with Rajasthan winning five and Sunrisers winning three.
Sanju Samson will be the Sunrisers’ captain once again this season. After three retentions and some great auction signings, the Royals have rebuilt their team. This season, the Royals’ batting will be led by Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, and Shimron Hetmyer.
The spin department will be led by Ravi Ashwin, Chahal, and KC Cariappa. Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Nathan Coulter Nile, and Prasidh Krishna make up the pace battery.
Given his success rate as a batter in the IPL, David Warner’s release was surprising for Hyderabad. Under Kane Williamson’s leadership, SRH has assembled a new squad. Their batting order will consist of Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, and Kane. The speed attack will be led by Marco Jansen, Bhuvneswar, Natarajan, Umran Mallik, and Kartik Tyagi. The spin duo of Shreyas Gopal and Washington Sundar will be in charge of the side’s spin. Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, and Abhishek Sharma, all of whom are Indian, could be effective here.
In the IPL, these two teams have clashed 15 times, with Hyderabad winning 8 games and Rajasthan winning 7. On paper, both teams appear to be solid and dynamic; only time will tell if they can translate those qualities into performances.
Probable XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson (c), Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal
