Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals skipper Steve Smith opted to field first after winning the toss in the match against Kane Williamson's Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League encounter, here on Saturday.
The match between Rajasthan and Hyderabad is being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.
While SRH lost their last game to defending champions Chennai Super Kings. Rajasthan thrashed Kolkata Knight Riders in their last match.
On the Indian Premier League point table, SRH is comfortably placed at number four and Rajasthan are at the second spot from the bottom.
At the toss, RR captain Smith, "We are going to bowl. It looks similar to the wicket we played on against Delhi. Probable a fraction slower. We just have those two changes - Livingstone and Turner come in. Hopefully we can put on a show for the home fans."
SRH Kane Williamson skipper said, "Yeah, first look (at the surface). We were going to do something similar. Obviously there is the dew factor. The surfaces in the T20 game don't change too much. That is an element (average score being 160 because of the dew), there are so many variables that is hard to call. It is a fresh game, both teams looking to getting involved and both teams looking for those two points."
Teams:
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson(w), Steven Smith(c), Riyan Parag, Ashton Turner, Liam Livingstone, Stuart Binny, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Varun Aaron, Oshane Thomas
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Kane Williamson(c), Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Shakib Al Hasan, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, K Khaleel Ahmed
