New Delhi: In a determined try to arrest their slide, SunRisers Hyderabad have thrust Kane Williamson into the leadership position by eradicating David Warner as they prepare to take on Rajasthan Royals, who’re additionally struggling like them, on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.
In a shock transfer, SRH eliminated struggling Australian batsman Warner from the captaincy on Saturday as the aspect has misplaced 5 of the six matches beneath him this IPL season. The Royals are usually not faring any higher as they have managed to win solely two matches out of the six they have performed. No marvel, the Royals are positioned seventh simply above SRH.
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SRH are coming into Sunday’s match after shedding their final two matches together with the Super Over defeat towards Delhi Capitals.
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SRH rely closely on their top-order — Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey and Williamson — however they didn’t fireplace collectively. Their center order is with no stable batsman. There is a risk that Warner could possibly be dropped from the enjoying XI and West Indies captain Jason Holder is probably going to change him.
In his six innings, Warner has scored 3, 54, 36, 37, 6 and 57. Englishman Jonny Bairstow has additionally struggled whereas Williamson has performed in simply three matches with 66 not out as his highest.
The Kiwi batsman and Pandey, who has two half centuries in 4 matches, maintain the important thing for SRH if their openers fail to give good begins. The poor high quality of Indian expertise has additionally been SunRisers’ bane.
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In the bowling division, loads relies upon of Afghan spinner Rashid Khan and he has been doing a good job if not wonderful, with 9 wickets from six matches. But he’s not getting sufficient assist from his bowling colleagues.
Senior India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar struggled with simply three wickets from 4 matches. He didn’t play in SRH’s final two matches. He once more suffered a thigh pressure towards Punjab Kings.
The Sanju Samson-led RR lack consistency. They notched up their first win of their second recreation and misplaced their subsequent two matches earlier than successful once more — towards a struggling Kolkata Knight Riders.
In their final match towards Mumbai Indians, the top-order did a good job to put up 171/4 however their bowling allow them to down. They let MI batsmen rating freely to lose by seven wickets with 9 balls to spare.
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RR have loads of points to kind out, significantly within the absence of key international gamers like Jofra Archer and Ben Stokes. Their batting relies upon closely on Samson however the inconsistent captain has not fired because the 119 within the opening match. The knock of 42 was his greatest after that. Opener Jos Buttler is but to rating a half century in six matches.
The middle-order is scuffling with David Miller having scored only one half century in 5 video games whereas Riyan Parag is out-of-form with 25 as his highest.
In the bowling division, million greenback recruit Chris Morris has been doing an incredible job with 11 wickets from six matches however he can not single-handedly carry the workforce on his shoulders.
Rahul Tewatia too has not delivered as per expectations, taking only one wicket from six matches. Senior pacer Jaydev Unadkat has 4 wickets to present in as many video games whereas Bangladesh import Mustafizur Rahman has taken 5 from six matches. Young Chetan Sakariya has been Royals’ discover with seven wickets from six matches.
SQUADS:
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c & wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Manan Vohra, Anuj Rawat, Riyan Parag, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Sreevats Goswami (wk), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Priyam Garg, Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Virat Singh, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.
Match Starts at 3:30pm.
