Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), KL Rahul, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the Toss and elected top bat first against Delhi Capitals on their adopted home ground of Vishakapatnam.
Speaking at toss SRH skipper said, “We’ll have a bat. Afternoon game, tends to be hot. We put on some big scores (last season). We weren’t worried either way. We were a long way from our best in the last game. The boys are still positive. Zeeshan comes in.”
Delhi Capitals skipper Axar Patel after losing the toss said,”We would have batted as well. We’ll look to restrict them to a low score. We have played one game here, we were working on our plans. We need to be brave as a bowling unit. We have certain plans. One change, Sameer Rizvi is out, KL Rahul is in.”
Squad details
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Wiaan Mulder, Kamindu Mendis, Rahul Chahar, Atharva Taide, Eshan Malinga
Delhi Capitals Squad: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Karun Nair, Donovan Ferreira, Tripurana Vijay, Darshan Nalkande, Dushmantha Chameera, KL Rahul, T Natarajan, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Manvanth Kumar L, Madhav Tiwari
Preview
The Capitals snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against the Lucknow Super Giants while chasing 210 despite getting reduced to 7/3 and 66/5 at one stage. Ashutosh Sharma’s 31-ball 66 gave an early signs that he will be the uncapped player to watch out for in this edition as the batting all-rounder displayed nerves of steel. Axar Patel and co. will also be boosted by KL Rahul’s return and it remains to be seen where he fits.
Nevertheless, the same Lucknow Super Giants steamrolled the SunRisers, who made a winning start against the Rajasthan Royals. Their batting wheels that marauded their way to 286 against the Royals, were nowhere near against the Super Giants, whose planning and precision left them with a below-par 190 against Hyderabad. Pat Cummins and co. did pick up five wickets but were well beaten in the end; hence, they will have their task cut out against the Capitals.
