IPL 2022, SRH vs RR: Kane Williamson elects to field
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) would be facing the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the fifth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. The match will take place on March 29 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. One expects a cracking contest on offer. The news from Pune is that Kane Williamson has won the toss and will field first. Here's more.
Pitch report, timing, and TV listing
The venue has hosted just three IPL matches. It boasts an average first innings total of 158. As for the pitch, it has been prepared from black soil. Spinners are likely to dominate in this fixture. The match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network. For live streaming of the match, viewers can tune into the Hotstar app (paid subscription).
Here's the head-to-head record
In IPL, Sunrisers Hyderabad enjoy an 8-7 record in wins over Rajasthan Royals (3-3 wins each since IPL 2019). SRH have been the better side when batting first (4 wins). RR have the better numbers in terms of run-chases (6 wins). Interestingly, both sides are yet to compete against each other at this venue.
Who are the key performers?
As per Cricketpedia, Devdutt Padikkal has hammered 221 runs in 4 innings against RR. The southpaw averages 73.67. He has struck a hundred and a fifty each. Sanju Samson has the most number of runs against SRH in IPL (615). He has notched a hundred and a fifty. He averages 43.93. Yuzvendra Chahal has 17 scalps against SRH. The wrist-spinner averages 20.71.
A look at the playing XI of both sides
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson (c), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
