Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins has won the toss and decided to field first against Delhi Capitals in Hyderabad.
Kerala batter Sachin Baby makes his debut for SRH in place of misfiring Nitish Kumar Reddy.
Besides, they have swapped one Sri Lankan with another; bringing in left-arm pacer Eshan Malinga in place of all-rounder Kamindu Mendis.
Abhinav Manohar also finds himself in the starting XI, while Mohammed Shami, who has had an average season so far, is named among Impact Subs.
DC give T Natarajan his first game in IPL 2025, who replaces Mukesh Kumar.
Cummins said, "We'll bowl. We've talked about a few things, haven't had a complete game yet. Want to do the basics well. It's about giving yourself the chance, everyone's a match-winner. Probably we haven't had the results we wanted, but the crowd has been amazing."
DC skipper Axar Patel said, "We would have bowled first as well. Looks like a good wicket and it shouldn't change much. Will look to post a good total on board and restrict them. The last phase is here and these are must-win games. We've had different players contribute. We want to have close games, even if we lose, we don't want to lose by big margins."
Have a look at the Playing XIs:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (Wicketkeeper), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (Captain), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga.
Impact Subs: Travis Head, Harsh Dubey, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder, Mohammed Shami.
Delhi Capitals: Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Axar Patel (Captain), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan.
Impact Subs: Ashutosh Sharma, Jake Fraser McGurk, Sameer Rizvi, Mukesh Kumar, Mohit Sharma.
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