Royals elect to bowl; Kishan debuts for SRH

Sun, 23 March 2025

15:14

Ishan Kishan makes his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad, bolstering an already power-packed batting line-up. The bowling line-up will be led by Mohammed Shami with the experienced duo of Pat Cummins and Harshal Patel for company.

Royals will be looking towards Yashavi Jaiswal leading the charge with the bat, while Nitish Rana adds a lot of solidity to the middle order.

Check out the playing XIs of the two teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (w/k), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami.

Impact Subs: Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder

Rajasthan Royals: Riyan Parag (captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel (w/k), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Impact Subs: Sanju Samson, Kwena Maphaka, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya

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