Preview:
Hyderabad and Rajasthan will face each other in the 5th match of the Indian T20 League 2022 on Tuesday. Both the teams finished in the bottom two positions in the last edition of the tournament. Rajasthan managed to win five out of 14 games while Hyderabad could win only three games.
This season, both the teams have made some smart purchases in the auction. Hyderabad would be led by Kane Williamson and Sanju Samson would be captaining the Rajasthan team in this edition of the tournament.
Match Details:
Hyderabad vs Rajasthan, Match 5
Venue: Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Date & Time: 29th March at 07:30 PM IST and Local Time
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
HYD vs RAJ, Match 5 Pitch Report:
Pacers might be able to extract a lot of help from the pitch and might dominate the entire game. Batters are likely to find it easy to score runs in the second half. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.
Injury News:
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HYD vs RAJ, Match 5 Probable Playing XIs:
Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Umran Malik, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan
Rajasthan
Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer/Rassie van der Dussen, Ravichandran Ashwin, James Neesham, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna
Top Picks for HYD vs RAJ 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Sanju Samson has made 3068 runs in 121 matches in the Indian T20 League at an average of 29.22 and a strike rate of 134.21.
Former Kolkata batter Rahul Tripathi will make his debut for Hyderabad in this game. Tripathi has made 1385 runs in 62 matches at an average of 26.13 and a strike rate of 136.32 including seven half-centuries.
Kane Williamson lead Hyderabad to the final of the tournament in 2018 and had scored 735 runs at an average of 52.50 and a strike rate of 142.44. The franchise would be hoping for a similar performance in this game.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for HYD vs RAJ 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi (c), Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Trent Boult (vc), Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for HYD vs RAJ 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Jos Buttler (c), Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tripathi, Devdutt Paddikkal, Abdul Samad, Ravichandran Ashwin (vc), Prasidh Krishna, Marco Jansen
Captain and Vice-Captain Options:
Captain Options: Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi
Vice-Captain Options: Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult