Sunrisers Hyderabad will begin their IPL 2022 against inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals in the fifth game of the tournament at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune on Tuesday.
Both of these teams had ended the previous season at the bottom of the points table and they will be looking to turn the tables in this new era of the IPL.
Rajasthan Royals were able to gather a potent bowling line-up as they were able to rope in players like Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prasidh Krishna, Ravichandran Ashwin, and Yuzvendra Chahal. Thus, they have the bowlers who can take them far in the tournament and Sanju Samson will look to get the best out of them.
Rajasthan Royals will rely on Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler to lead their batting whereas they would want contributions from Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Rassie van der Dussen and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad once again could not solve their batting issues in the IPL auction. The Orange Army was able to rope in players like Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, and Washington Sundar and they would hope that these players come to the party.
SRH has a slightly better bowling unit as they have bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, and Shreyas Gopal. Kane Williamson is expected to open the innings with Abhishek Sharma and the New Zealander will look to lead from the front.
Match Prediction: Rajasthan Royals will enter the contest as favorites as they have a more balanced squad.
SRH squad: Batters: Kane Williamson, Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Ravikumar Samarth, Shashank Singh
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips
Allrounders: Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott
Bowlers: Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Sourabh Dubey, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
RR squad: Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair, Rasse van der Dussen.
Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel
Allrounders: Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Anunay Singh, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Tejas Baroka, Kudip Yadav, Shubham Garhwal, Nathan Coulter-Nile.
