Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to bat v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and chose to bat against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad, as both teams pursue their first victory of the tournament. Royals are unchanged from the outfit that lost to Kings XI Punjab on Monday, with seam-bowling allrounder Jofra Archer preferred to legspinner Ish Sodhi.
Sunrisers captain Kane Williamson, meanwhile, has recovered sufficiently from a shoulder injury to enter the XI. His entry has surprisingly displaced Shakib Al Hasan with Jonny Bairstow, David Warner and Rashid Khan all keeping their places as the other overseas players.
To compensate for the loss of Shakib’s bowling, Sunrisers have brought in left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem at the expense of batsman Deepak Hooda.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 David Warner, 2 Jonny Bairstow, 3 Kane Williamson (capt.), 4 Vijay Shankar, 5 Yusuf Pathan, 6 Manish Pandey, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Shahbaz Nadeem, 10 Sandeep Sharma, 11 Siddarth Kaul
Rajasthan Royals: 1 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 2 Jos Buttler, 3 Sanju Samson, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Rahul Tripathi, 7 K Gowtham, 8 Shreyas Gopal, 9 Jofra Archer, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Dhawal Kulkarni
Source: ESPN Crickinfo