Dubai | The Rajasthan Royals had beaten the three-time champions Chennai Super Kings in their last match of the 13th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). A good thing for Rajasthan in this win was that the team did well in all departments. Now he has to face Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday. The match will be played at Dubai International Stadium. The first match was played between the two teams at the same ground, where Rahul Tewatia and Ryan Parag together got Rajasthan out of defeat and won. Now once again Rajasthan will try to continue its old performance.
The way the team performed in the last match will make them confident. Especially in bowling, as the team did not allow Channai to score big. Chennai could only manage 125 runs in 20 overs.
Jofra Archer, Karthik Tyagi did well, but the most effective were Shreyas Gopal and Teotia. Gopal had conceded one wicket for 14 runs in four overs while Tewatia spent 18 runs in four overs and took one wicket.
The team will expect similar performances from these two against Hyderabad.
The spinners can now be seen in the IPL and hence the Gopal-Teotia pair will be a big weapon for Rajasthan captain Steve Smith.
In batting, bringing Jos Buttler to the middle order worked for the team in the last match. Butler had scored an unbeaten half-century and won the team. Smith also supported him well.
Robin Uthappa and Sanju Samson had failed. Ben Stokes also failed to do anything special. Uthappa is a dangerous batsman as an opener and if the team uses him in this way then it will be good for both the team and Uthappa. In the last two matches, the team has sent him only as an opener and it can be expected that this order will continue in the upcoming matches of the league as well. However, a big innings has not been seen from Ben Stokes yet.
Stokes himself will also be keen to play big innings. Sanju Samson will have to return to his form. He is a player on whom the team rests to a great extent and is an important link in the team’s batting.
As far as Hyderabad is concerned, it has to be seen where David Warner comes to bat in this match. He did not come to bat in the last match. Kane Williamson landed with Johnny Bairstow and Warner landed at No. 4.
His coming down was good for the team. Hyderabad looked defeated, but Warner put the match in the last over to a super over. However, Hyderabad was defeated in the Super Over.
Manish Pandey and Kane Williamson are the two batsmen who are the batting axis of the team. Both of these are important for the team.
The team does not have a big name in the lower order, so it is necessary that one of the top-4 will stay till the end so that he can team up with the young players to score fast runs at the end. Hyderabad has failed to do so in most matches, but it is necessary for the betterment of the team.
The bowling team is led by Rashid Khan. After Bhuvneshwar Kumar got injured, Sandeep Sharma, T. Natarajan have not let the team lose their lot.
A win in this match is necessary for both teams to stay in the playoff race. Both teams are well aware of this and hence another thrilling match can be expected.
Hyderabad are in seventh position with six points from three wins and six defeats in nine matches. Rajasthan remain in sixth place with eight points from four wins, six defeats in 10 matches.
Teams (likely):
Rajasthan Royals: Steve Smith (captain), Ankit Rajput, Ben Stokes, Joffra Archer, Jose Butler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank McCardey, Rahul Tewatia, Ryan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Robin Uthappa , Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Akash Singh, Karthik Tyagi, David Miller, Oshane Thomas, Anirudh Joshi, Andrew Tye, Tom Kurain, Ben Stokes.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Johnny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shrivats Goswami, Siddharth Kaul, Khalil Ahmed , T. Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Sandeep Bawanka, Fabian Allen, Abdul Samad, Sanjay Yadav.
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