Key Points
KL Rahul returns to Delhi Capitals after paternity leave
SRH captain Pat Cummins wins toss and chooses to bat
Zeeshan Ansari makes IPL debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad
After winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins said leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari has been handed an IPL debut and comes into the playing eleven in place of pacer Simarjeet Singh. SRH are searching for their second win of the season after suffering a five-wicket defeat to Lucknow Super Giants at home.
The visitors’ have a local lad in all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy, who knows the venue conditions pretty well. “Afternoon game tends to be hot at the start. Looking to put up a big total. We batted the opposition out of the game last year, hope to do that today. We have to play the way we do, it won't work out all the time,” he said.
On the other hand, Rahul comes into DC’s playing eleven after missing the side’s nail-biting one-wicket win over Lucknow Super Giants last week due to paternity leave. He now comes into the playing eleven in place of uncapped batter Sameer Rizvi and is slotted to bat at number four.
“I'd have batted first as it's a noon game and the last game, the ball was doing more in the second inns. But it's all good, toss is uncontrollable. We have played here before, know the conditions, we've planned while factoring in the opponents.”
“We have to be brave against SRH, you have to be ahead in the powerplay. You can bowl in the powerplay like it's the death, try and be aggressive,” said DC skipper Axar Patel.
Playing XIs
Delhi Capitals: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel (wk), KL Rahul, Axar Patel (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma and Mukesh Kumar
Impact Substitutes: Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, and Tripurana Vijay
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (captain), Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, and Mohammed Shami
Impact Substitutes: Sachin Baby, Eshan Malinga, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder
