Squads –
SRH –
David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake,Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Holder, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh
RR –
Steve Smith (c), Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Varun Aaron, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Anuj Rawat, Andrew Tye, David Miller, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Oshane Thomas, Robin Uthappa, Tom Curran, Yashasvi Jaiswal
Team News –
SRH –
– Sunrisers won both of their last game against CSK and KXIP and are in a good position in the points table with 6 points. They will likely go unchanged this game as they do not want to alter the winning team.
– Their Likely 4 foreign players will be David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan.
– Jonny Bairstow and David Warner the most explosive opening pair in IPL 2020 will open the innings. Both had 160 run partnership for the 1st Wicket last game with Bairstow scoring 97 and warner 52.
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down. His batting form is very much unpredictable. He can score big in 1 game and be flop in the other.
– Mr Consistent Kane Williamson will bat 2 down. Kane has been consistently performing for SRH with being the leading scorer in 2018 season but looked rusty last few games.
– U19 captain Priyam Garg will follow Williamson. Abhishek Sharma will bat next. Both are young batters but can score very quick.
– Big hitting Abdul Samad will bat next. Samad is a very hard hitting batsman capable of scoring 10 ball 30.
– Abhishek Sharma and Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack. Abdul Samad will assist them with his leg spin. Rashid took 3 Wickets while Abhishek 1 last game.
– Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan and Khaleel will be leading the pace attack. Natarajan has been bowling brilliantly at the death.
RR –
– After winning the 1st 2 games RR have lost their plot by loosing the next 4 games. They will be delighted by the arrival of Ben Stokes this game.
– Ben Stokes has completed his quarantine and will be directly drafted into the playing XI.
– Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer will be RR 4 foreign players.
– Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal will open the innings. Jaiswal had a decent outings with 34 runs of 36 balls lasy game. Buttler scored 70 against MI game.
– Steven Smith will bat 1 down. Smith had a same situation as Sanju scoring 50+ in both of 1st games but had a very poor next 4 games.
– Sanju Samson will bat in 2 down. Sanju was dealing only in 6s in 1st 2 games but failed completely in next 4 games.
– Ben Stokes will bat next at 3 down. Stokes is not someone to introduce to. He is back after a long time and will contribute through both bat and bowl.
– Rahul Tewatia will bat next followed by Lomror. Tewatia scored 38 last game.
– Shreyas Gopal and Rahul Tewatia will bowl spin for Royals. Mahipal Lomror can assist them. Tewatia was excellent with his spell picking 1 wicket and giving just 20 runs.
– Jofra Archer, Varun Aaron/Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Stokes and Kartik Tyagi will lead the pace attack. Jofra will bowl in death.
Probable XI –
SRH –
Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma.
RR –
Jos Buttler(wk), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Steve Smith (c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomror, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Jaydev Unadkat/Varun Aaron, Kartik Tyagi.
Pitch Report –
Dubai International Stadium, Dubai
Dubai Pitch has favored the spinners historically but batters are getting more help here at dubai now.
Average Score : 168
Head to Head –
Total games : 11
SRH Won : 06
RR Won : 05
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Jonny Bairstow ( Open + wk, very important player, 112run knock against Aus recently, 445 runs last IPL, 97 runs last game, Must have )
Jos Buttler ( Opener, international opener, 311 runs in 8 games IPL 2019 including 3 50+ scores, 70(44b) last 2nd game, Must have)
Sanju Samson ( 1/2 down, SR of 214 this IPL, 74(32b), 85(42b) in 1st 2 games , failed completely next 4 games)
BAT –
David Warner( Opener, among top 3 batsman in IPL history, 38,45,28,60,52 runs last 5 games, Must have )
Steve Smith ( Open/1 down, very consistent, 4000+ t20 runs, 69, 52, 3, 5, 6,24 this IPL, Must have)
Kane Williamson( 2 down, one of the best white ball batsman, struggling with form, Punt small league pick)
Manish Pandey( 1 down, a busy player, 344 runs in just 11 innings last IPL, 30(19b) last 2nd game, unpredictable player)
Robin Uthappa ( middle order, very experienced, 4400+ IPL runs in 177 games, not a good pick as Batting very low and not in form )
David Miller( 2 down, 6000+ T20 runs including 3 100s , ignored by lot today, will not play unless there is any injury concerns)
Priyam Garg ( Middle order, Indian u19 team captain, 292 runs with SR of 141 in t20s, 53 runs against CSK game)
Y Jaiswal ( Opener, young takent, highest scorer in u19 WC, 400 runs at average of 133, 34(36b) last game )
ALL –
M Nabi ( Middle order + off spin, one of best Allrounder in t20 cricket, will most likely not play )
Ben Stokes( 2 down + Medium pacer, best Allrounder in world cricket, 635 runs + 26 Wickets in IPL, Must have )
R Tewatia ( Leggie, bowls with really good variations, 53(31b) with 7 sixes against KXIP game, 1w + 39 last game, must at 8.5cr)
Vijay Shankar ( RHB ,3 down, part time pace, late hitting, 244 runs last season, most likely he can play )
Abdul Samad( Middle order, big hitter of ball, can also bowl part time spin, 252R in 12 t20 innings, 1w against CSK )
Abhishek Sharma ( Slow left arm + 3 down, very good option at 8cr especially when bowling 2nd )
Riyan Parag ( Middle order + Reg Break, 160 runs + 2 Wickets in just 7 games last season)
Mahipal Lomror ( Middle order + left arm orthodox, excellent debut for him, 47(39b) against RCB)
Sanjay Yadav ( LHB + Orthodox, excellent TNPL 2019, 244runs + 3w in 7 games)
BOWL –
Rashid Khan( Leggie, best spinner in world cricket, 3W last game, Must have)
Jofra Archer ( Right Arm fast, one of best bowlers in world cricket, 9 Wickets against aus recently in 6 games, 3w last game, Must have will bowl in death )
Tom Curran ( Right Arm fast + hard hitter of ball, 153w + 900 runs in 123 t20 games, 1w + 54R last 2nd game, will likely not play)
Shreyas Gopal ( Leggie, best bowler of RR, 20 Wickets in 14 games last IPL, 2w last 2nd game, overall a poor performance this season)
Jaydev Unadkat ( Left arm fast, known for his variations in death, experienced, 78 IPL Wickets )
Khaleel Ahmed ( Left arm fast, 19 Wickets for SRH last season, 2w last game )
Sandeep Sharma( Swing bowler, medium pace, can be deadly in powerplay, 97 IPL wickets for him, 2w last 2nd game against MI)
Siddharth Kaul ( Medium pacer, good death bowler, 51 IPL Wickets in 45 games)
T Natarajan ( Left arm medium fast, 2w last 2nd game, excellent bowling at death )
Kartik Tyagi ( Pacer, u19 bowler, pacer between 135 – 140ks, 1w last game, good option at 8cr)
C/VC Options –
SRH –
David Warner
Jonny Bairstow
Rashid Khan
RR –
Jos Buttler
Steven Smith
Ben Stokes
Sanju Samson