Sharjah: In the 52nd match of IPL 2020, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner has won the toss and decided to field first against Sunrisers Hyderabad here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Both teams have brought a couple of changes to their playing XI. RCB brought in Navdeep Saini in place of Shivam Dube and Ishuru Udana in place of Dale Steyn, while SRH dropped Vijay Shankar. Meanwhile, wicket-keeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha is fit for the game.
RCB and SRH have faced each other 15 times in IPL so far, and SRH have an edge over RCB as they won 8 matches over RCB's 7.
Earlier this season, they met each other in Abu Dhabi on September 21, Monday and RCB defeated SRH by 10 runs. Half-centuries by Devdutt Padikkal (56) and AB de Villiers (51) guided their team to 163 in 20 overs. Sunrisers, despite Bairstow's 43-ball 61, fell short by 10 runs in the end.
David Warner: We'll have a bowl. Vijay Shankar is out, Saha is fit. We have to win both the games. It's how I approach every game. We gotta start well. We had only one look at this pitch. Got to see how it plays today.
Virat Kohli: We wanted to bat first to be honest. We think it'll get slower. Navdeep's back for Dube, Udana replaces Steyn. It was a strange bit of batting. These things happen. We are not too far away from that professional performance.
Teams:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Josh Philippe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan
