Squads –
SRH –
David Warner (Captain,) Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Basil Thampi, Jason Holder, Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Yadav, Mujeeb ur Rahman
RR –
Sanju Samson(C & WK), Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Shivam Dube , Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahim, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh
Team News –
SRH –
– SRH lost another game against Punjab Kings and now are almost out of the playoffs race. Team can make any big changes in their XI this game.
– Team’s likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Rashid Khan, Kane Williamson and Jason Holder.
– David Warner and W Saha will open the innings. Warner is one of the top scorers in IPL history but is having a very bad run and is not able to score even 30 runs. Saha on other hand is also not much reliable.
– Kane Williamson will bat at 1 down. Manish Pandey will bat at 2 down. Both Kane and Pandey will have a important role to play in the brittle SRH middle order. Both have been very under average in 2 games.
– Team has a very poor middle order with Abdul Samad, Kedar Jadhav. Holder who follows them is the only positive thing so far in team.
– Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Rashid no doubt is the best bowler a team can have but is not getting any help from other end.
– Jason Holder, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the pace attack. Sandeep will bowl most of his overs in powerplay.
RR –
– Royals lost their last game against DC where their Batting failed badly except Samson.
– Evin lewis and Chris Morris didn’t played last game due to some niggle. They both if fit will directly make it into the XI.
– Teams 4 foreign players will be Chris Morris/Tabraiz Shamsi, Mustafizur Rahman, Liam Livingston and David Miller/Evin Lewis.
– Yashasvi Jaiswal and Evin lewis/Liam Livingston will open the innings. Jaiswal is a young Talented opener and looked good in both games innthe 2nd phase. Lewis was attacking from ball 1 which he is known for but missed last game.
– Captain Sanju Samson will bat at 1 down. Sanju looked good last game with his 50. He will also keep the Wickets.
– David Miller/Liam Livingston and Mahipal Lomror will bat in middle. Miller has not been playing much cricket around and not in good form. If Lewis opens Livingston will bat at 2 down.
– Riyan Parag, Chris Morris and Rahul Tewatia will form a solid middle order and contribute through both bat and bowl.
– Rahul Tewatia , Tabraiz Shamsi and Riyan Parag/M Lomror will handle the spin department.
– Chris Morris(risky), Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi and Mustafizur Rahman will form the pace attack of Rajasthan.
Probable XI –
SRH –
David Warner, W Saha, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Abdul Samad, Kedar Jadhav/Vijay Shankar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed
RR –
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Liam Livingston, Sanju Samson(wk), David Miller/Evin lewis, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris/T Shamsi, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Pitch here at Dubai offer good assistance to pacers and good scores are expected early on the tournament.
Average Score – 160
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Sanju Samson( 1 down, RHB + wk, was good last season with 375 runs, 116 runs in 1st game, 70* last game, 533 runs in 17 games against SRH, Must have)
W Saha( Open, RHB + wk, not much reliable, 31 last game )
BAT –
David Warner( Open, LHB, no intro needed, 5400+ IPL runs most by a foreign player in IPL, poor run so far this season, out on 2 last game )
Manish Pandey( 2 down, RHB, 425 runs last season with a SR of 127, good record against RR with 375 runs in 13 games)
Evin Lewis ( Open, LHB, very aggressive batsman, 1318 t20 runs with a SR of 158, must have any day )
Kane Williamson( 1 down, RHB, on intro needed, loads of experience, 167 in 6 games against RR, not having much good form )
David Miller ( Middle order, LHB, highly experienced with 7000+ t20 runs, very inconsistent with bat)
M Lomror( Middle order, LHB + part time slow left arm bowler, 172 runs in 7 games this Syed Mushtaq trophy, 43(17b) against Punjab Kings)
Y Jaiswal( Open, LHB, very talented, SR was quite low in IPL as well as syed Mushtaq Ali recently, 49 against Punjab last 2nd game)
ALL –
Jason Holder( Right Arm Fast, always been very economical, 14 Wickets in 7 games last season, 3 Wickets last game + 47 runs )
Chris Morris( Right Arm Fast + RHB, brilliant hitter + will bowl in death, 14 Wickets in 8 games this IPL so far, Must have)
Liam Livingston ( Open/2 down, RHB + leg spin, very aggressive hitter, coming after scoring loads of runs in the Hundred and T20 blast, have less expensive of Sub continent pitches )
M Nabi( Middle order, RHB + Off spin, 280+ t20 Wickets + a Bat SR of 143, one of the best t20 Allrounders, haven’t played much this IPL )
Rahul Tewatia( LHB + Right Arm leg spin, 255 runs + 10 Wickets last season, SR of 140 from last season, 1w last game )
Shivam Dube( 2 down, LHB + Right Arm medium fast, player for RCB last season, can strike the ball big, brilliant innings of 46, 22, 35 last 3 games )
Vijay Shankar( 3 down, RHB + Right Arm medium, 1378 t20 runs, will bowl 1-2 overs, not very effective in sL )
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm, brilliant bowling last 2nd game with 2 Wickets with an economy just under 6, very good at 8cr )
BOWL –
Rashid Khan(Leggie, no intro needed, #1 t20 bowler in world cricket, 20 Wickets last season, 87 Wickets in IPL overall, must have without any doubt)
M Rahman( Left arm fast medium, was one of the best death bowlers at some time, experienced with 150+ t20 Wickets, 2 Wicket in last game, 10 Wickets this IPL so far )
B Kumar( Right Arm medium fast, death overs specialist, one of the IPL greats with 140 wickets, Must have )
Kartik Tyagi( Right Arm Fast medium, hit the deck bowler, was excellent last season with 9 Wickets, Eco was slightly on the higher side with 9.62, 3 Wickets in last 2 games with a very good eco rate )
C Sakariya( Left arm medium fast, very talented Cricketer 6 games 15 Wickets, 3 Wickets in last 2 games )
Sandeep Sharma( Right Arm medium, known for his swing early on the Innings, 14 Wickets last season with an economy under 8, 1w last game, SR of 42 against RR)
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm medium fast, can bowl in death along with Bhuvi and holder, 3 Wickets in 3 games against RR)
C/VC –
SRH –
Kane Williamson
Rashid Khan
Jason Holder
RR –
Sanju Samson
Liam Livingston
Evin Lewis