Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins has won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League 2024. “The pitch looks good and the crowd is excited to see us bat first. The result of the last two matches has a bearing on my decision. It is nice to come back to home,” Pat Cummins said.

Sanju Samson wanted to bat first as well. “We wanted to bat first but there is no problem if we bowl first. We have done both in the ongoing season. Momentum is the key and we want to follow our set patterns in the remaining matches,” Sanju Samson said.

Rajasthan Royals XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal

RR Impact Sub Options: Jos Buttler, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Shubham Dubey, Navdeep Saini, Tanush Kotian

Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan.

SRH Impact Sub Options: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Aiden Markram, Sanvir Singh, Jaydev Unadkat

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