Kumar Sangakkara and Riyan Parag in deep discussion•BCCI
Rajasthan Royals opt to bowl v Sunrisers Hyderabad
Riyan Parag called correctly as the unbeaten Rajasthan Royals elected to bowl on a fresh surface in Uppal against a Sunrisers Hyderabad outfit hoping to overturn a two-match losing streak.
Royals made two changes, handing South African batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius his first opportunity of the season in place of a “rested” Shimron Hetmyer. In another like-for-like change, seamer Brijesh Sharma went out to accommodate Tushar Deshpande.
The hosts also made two changes, with the experienced bowling duo of Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat making way for debutants Sakib Hussain and Praful Hinge. Sakib plays for Bihar and will be up against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, while Hinge plays for Vidarbha under Harsh Dubey.
Teams
Rajasthan Royals bowling-first XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (capt), Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande
RR bench: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Brijesh Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad batting-first XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (capt & wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Praful Hinge
SRH bench: R Smaran, Sakib Hussain, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel