IPL 2019 Match 8, SRH vs RR highlights: Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Rajasthan Royals in Match 8 of IPL. (Source: PTI)IPL 2019, SRH vs RR Team Predicted Playing 11 for Today Match highlights Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals got their Indian Premier League (IPL) campaign going with defeats. Today, as they square off in Hyderabad, one team will have a win next to their name while the other will join Royal Challengers Bangalore with two defeats in two matches.
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Both looked like they were headed towards a win in their opener or at least had a decent grip of things but both let go of it to go down. SRH were beaten by KKR’s Andre Russell’s thundering strikes late on while a dubious Mankading dismissal saw RR lose control of their chase. After the controversial dismissal, RR lost seven wickets for 16 runs to fall short by 14 runs.
TOSS!
Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elect to bat first
Head to Head
Overall: Matches – 9, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 5, Rajasthan Royals - 4
In Hyderabad: Matches – 2, Sunrisers Hyderabad – 2, Rajasthan Royals - 0
Unadkat on Jos Buttler mankading incident
Rajasthan Royals as a team has moved on from the Jos Buttler 'Mankading' incident and the focus will strictly be on winning their next IPL encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad, said seamer Jaydev Unadkat. READ MORE
SRH supporters turn up in large numbers
The home supporters turn up in large numbers as Sunrisers play their first home fixture of the season. Will the hosts live up to the expectation?
WATCH: SRH players leave for the venue
Martin Guptill eyes ‘Net Gains’
Martin Guptill is not among the four first-choice overseas players for Sunrisers Hyderabad but the senior New Zealand batsman wants to utilise his time facing Rashid Khan at the nets to prepare for the World Cup game against Afghanistan on June 8. READ MORE
As Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to host Rajasthan Royals in their first home fixture, it will be interesting to see which team will emerge victorious?
Stokes and Unadkat's performance at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Pre-match talk
"We bowled really well for 17 overs to put them (KKR) in a position where they needed 17+ an over in the last three overs. That is an exceptional performance. Where they (the bowlers) failed, was just with the execution in the closing overs to Russell. When you are up against someone with such power-hitting ability, you have to get it absolutely right with your plans and execution. For us, it was slightly off, which cost us the game. But overall, for 17 out of 20 overs, we bowled really well." - Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody
Team news - RR
Rajasthan Royals team news: Don't expect any changes for RR despite defeat in the first game against KXIP.
Team News - SRH
Sunrisers Hyderabad team news: Kane Williamson is the only concern for the hosts. But he is expected to be available and lead the side. As a result, Jonny Bairstow could be dropped.
Who to watch out for - RR
For Rajasthan Royals, Jos Buttler has been a revelation and consistent at the top order for RR. Against KXIP, he scored a fluent stroke-filled 69 before the controversial dismissal. It was post his dismissal that the RR fell apart.
Who to watch out for - SRH
David Warner returned to IPL and picked up as if he never left. Hemiddled the ball and found the gaps often in his 53-ball 85.
Rashid Khan is a great asset and continues to bamboozle batsmen with his quick leg-spinner and googlies.
Expect plenty of runs
SRH's Tom Moody believes it is going to be a good batting surface. The temperature is going to hover around 30 degree Celsius. Dew is expected to stay away
Previous match XIs
How they lined up in the previous match:
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Shakib al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul.
Rajasthan Royals:Ajinkya Rahane, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, K Gowtham, Jofra Archer, JaydevUnadkat, Shreyas Gopal, Dhawal Kulkarni.
Players to watch out
Who should you keep an eye out for in today's match? The squads - Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals
Kohli fumed
Virat Kohli wasn't pleased at all that umpires missed the no ball last night: "We are playing at the IPL level and not playing club cricket. The umpires should have had their eyes open. That is a ridiculous call at the last ball. If it is a game of margins, I don’t know what is happening. They should have been more sharp and careful out there." [More on what he said]
Last night in the IPL
Controversies continued to persist in the first week of IPL 2019. Jasprit Bumrah was stingy with runs - again but it was the last ball of the match that gathered most attention. Lasith Malinga overstepped on the last ball and it wasn't spotted resulting in a six run win for MI against RCB. [More from the Chinnaswamy Stadium]
SRH vs RR
Hello and Good Afternoon! Welcome to our live coverage of today's IPL fixture between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad. Both teams got going on a losing note from a position of comfort. A win tonight will certainly help their cause while a defeat would put them alongside RCB with two defeats in two matches.