Subhabrata Mukherjee :
On Sunday it will be a battle between two franchises that are languishing at the bottom of the table. Most importantly Sunrisers Hyderabad has gone for a change of guard at the captaincy level. Their long time captain David Warner has been axed. Kane Williamson will take over the charge of the franchise and carry the responsibility for rest of the season.
Sunrisers is not in a good form at all. They are really struggling with their batting specially. If their top order fails their middle order is unable to come forward and deliver . David Warner had a difference of opinion with his team management regarding the axing of Manish Pandey. In the very next match Manish played a beautiful knock and silenced his critic . They would love to get a winning start under the new captain.
Rajasthan Royals on the other is struggling as well. They just announced Gerald Coetzee as the replacement for Liam Livingstone. They have just two win under their belt. For them to qualify for play offs is an uphill task . Their batting clicked in patches. Bowling looked very ordinary. They would love to register their third win today to keep their chances afloat.
∆ Rajasthan Royals :
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C & WK), Riyan Parag, David Miller, Shivam Dube, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya.
∆ Sunrisers Hyderabad :
David Warner/Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Jagadeesha Suchith, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul