Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will lock horns with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in match 5 of IPL 2022 on Tuesday at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium. Both teams will hope to make a winning start to the competition.
RR have a complete revamped squad and will hope to put up a strong performance under Sanju Samson. Jos Buttler and Devdutt Padikkal will have their task cut out at the top of the batting order while a lot will depend on how Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal fare in the middle overs.
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SRH, on the other hand, will rely heavily on Nicholas Pooran, who was acquired for INR 10.75 crores, to do the bulk of the scoring. It will be interesting to see if the Hyderabad franchise has any surprises in store in the first game.
Match Details
Match 5: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Date &Time: March 29th at 7:30 PM IST and local time
Pitch Details
There will be assistance for the fast bowlers and the wicket will offer value for pace. The team winning the toss will like to bowl first.
Predicted Playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Kane Williamson (c), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Rassie van der Dussen / Daryl Mitchell, Riyan Parag / Navdeep Saini, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult
SRH vs RR – Fantasy Team Prediction
Fantasy Team 1: Sanju Samson (c), Nicholas Pooran (vc), Kane Williamson, Shimron Hetmyer, Rahul Tripathi, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Trent Boult, T Natarajan
Fantasy Team 2: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Nicholas Pooran, Kane Williamson (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Devdutt Padikkal (vc), Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
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