Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bowl first against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 Eliminator at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
Playing XI Updates
Sunrisers Hyderabad made one change to their playing XI, bringing in pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in place of T Natarajan, who was ruled out due to injury. Rajasthan Royals also made a change, with Rovman Powell replacing Tom Kohler-Cadmore.
Teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Match Context
The winner of this Eliminator will face the loser of the first Qualifier between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second Qualifier. The losing team will be eliminated from the tournament.
Rajasthan Royals finished third in the league stage with 16 points, while Sunrisers Hyderabad placed fourth with 15 points. Both teams are aiming to secure a spot in the final.
