Umran Malik for SRH in IPL (X.com)
The IPL 2024 is running in full flow, and in the 30th match of the season, we have a blockbuster encounter between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad. The battleground will be none other than M. Chinnaswamy and we can expect an electrifying atmosphere with two power-packed teams in action.
The visitors SRH have lost only two matches so far out of the five they have played and are surely looking a more well-oiled team than RCB, who are at the bottom of the table. SRH have very few issues to rectify and let's see what combination they will go with against a home team that is desperate for a win.
SRH have one of the most fearsome opening pairs in the competition and they have been getting off to a flier with both Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma ready to take on bowlers from the ball one. They have been trying Markram at number 3 in the last couple of games with Tripathi only finding a place as an Impact player if needed.
Nitish Reddy, a 20-year-old youngster has been used as a floater and provides a balance with his all-round skills. The likes of Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed provide power in their finishing skills and there is hardly any weak link in their batting department.
On the bowling front, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Pat Cummins along with T Natarajan are their gun pacers while Unadkat has also done decently apart from his expensive last over against PBKS. They have the option of Umran Malik too, but Unadkat has more variations and experience and he can be handy on flat batting deck at Chinnaswamy.
Mayank Markande could not get a game in the last match, but he is likely to start in the XI against RCB if SRH bowl first. Overall, SRH look a quality unit and RCB need to be on the top of their games to stop the SRH juggernaut on Monday, 15th of April.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XI For RCB
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev Unadkat, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan.
Impact Subs: Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi.