Hyderabad: SunRisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bat first against Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday, in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.
After winning the toss SRH captain Pat Cummins said, “We are gonna have a bat. The games we have won, we batted first. That’s probably our strength. Looks like a good wicket.”
RR skipper Sanju Samson at the toss said, “We also wanted to bat looking at the conditions. It does suit the team, we have done both well this season. The momentum is the key in this tournament. Lot of things have been working well. To recognise what is working well, we just want to stick with that.”
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson(w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan
