SRH vs RR: Royals bank on Jurel, Boult walks in after Powell departs for 6

IPLs best powerhitters Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma will face a very different challenge in wily spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin when Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in a highoctane second Qualifier on FridayTravishek as the duo is affectionately called by the fans have taken powerhitting to a new level Head 533 runs at 19962 and Abhishek 470 at 20704 have hit 72 sixes apart from 96 boundaries between themIf thats not enough they have a swashbuckler in Heinrich Klaasen 413 runs at 180 who also has 34 maximums to his creditBut playing on an Uppal shirtfront that resembled a national highway or at the Kotla or Wankhede is completely from playing at the Chepauk where the strip will be sticky in natureThe ball stops and strokemakers do have a tough time when it comes to hitting through the lineAshwin who has played all his cricket at this ground knows the strip like the back of his hand and his form has improved towards the backend of the tournamentAlso ReadBoosted me when I struggled in IPL 2022 Kohli on special bond KarthikWith the countrys best legspinner Chahal for company Royals would be hoping that Head Abhishek and Klaasen can be disposed off quickly to gain control of the proceedingsAs for their bowling the onus would once again be on T Natarajan who has been SRHs top wickettaker this season and playing on his home turf here he would love to exploit the conditionsAlso the experienced duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Cummins have a lot to deal with as the former has been wicketless in his last two gamesSRHs problems lie in not having two quality spinners Mayank Markande is mediocre at best and Shahbaz Ahmeds primary skill is willowwielding not bowling slow leftarm orthodox tweakersAs for RR the side finally ended its fivegame winless streak thanks to its allround show against RCBIn batting the toporder displayed some positive signs especially Yashasvi Jaiswal and he would love to continue the form ahead of the T20 World Cup in the Americas next monthHowever skipper Sanju Samson will have to do better given that he hasnt crossed the 20run mark in the last three contestsIn the middle order Dhruv Jurel will be under pressure having failed to enter the double digits in his last two outingsThe side would also be relying on its Caribbean gamechangers Shimron Hetmyer and West Indies T20 skipper Rovman Powell for some powerhitting that they displayed against RCBRiyan Parag who has displayed some serious form this term is also one of their bankable battersSRH vs RR live updates Full squadsSRH Abhishek Sharma Travis Head Heinrich Klaasen wk Aiden Markram Abdul Samad Nitish Reddy Shahbaz Ahmed Pat Cummins c Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jaydev Unadkat T Natarajan Mayank Markande Umran Malik Anmolpreet Singh Glenn Phillips wk Rahul Tripathi Washington Sundar Upendra Yadav wk Jhathavedh Subramanyan Sanvir Singh Vijayakanth Viyaskanth Fazalhaq Farooqi Marco Jansen Akash Maharaj Singh and Mayank AgarwalRR Sanju Samson c amp wk Abid Mushtaq Avesh Khan Dhruv Jurel Donovan Ferreira Kuldeep Sen Kunal Singh Rathore Nandre Burger Navdeep Saini Ravichandran Ashwin Riyan Parag Sandeep Sharma Shimron Hetmyer Shubham Dubey Rovman Powell Tom KohlerCadmore Trent Boult Yashasvi Jaiswal Yuzvendra Chahal and Tanush KotianSRH vs RR live updates Toss updateRajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson won the toss and elected to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad Rajasthan did not make any changes to their playing 11 from the Eliminator against Royal Challengers Bengaluru The Hyderabad outfit brought in middleorder batter Aiden Markram for this game in the lone change they made to the eleven The winner of this match will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL 2024 final on SundaySRH vs RR live updates Confirmed playing XIsRajasthan Royals Yashasvi Jaiswal Tom KohlerCadmore Sanju Samson capt amp wk Riyan Parag Dhruv Jurel Rovman Powell R Ashwin Trent Boult Avesh Khan Sandeep Sharma Yuzvendra ChahalSunrisers Hyderabad Travis Head Abhishek Sharma Rahul Tripathi Nitish Reddy Aiden Markram Heinrich Klaasen wk Abdul Samad Pat Cummins c Bhuvneshwar Kumar Jaydev Unadkat T Natarajan1047 PM 1036 152 OversShimron Hetmyer out bowled by Abhishek Sharma SRH on a roll as RR go six down now Jurel and Powell are last hope for RR1034 PM 815 121 OversRavichandran Ashwin gets caught by Klaasen bowled by Shahbaz Ahmed RR go five down now as Aiden Markram comes in to bowl now1029 PM 793 11 OversSanju Samson gets caught by Aiden Markram off Abhishek Sharmas bowling RR are in deep trouble at the moment as they go three down now with inform skipper back to the pavilion1018 PM 251 61 OversTom KohlerCadmore gets caught by Rahul Tripathi off Pat Cummins delivery SRH finally get the first one and it is Sanju Samson who comes in at number 3950 PM 140 23 OversRajasthan Royals begin chase with Tom KohlerCadmore and Yashasvi Jaiswal SRH bring in Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the new ball917 PM 1759 20 OversSunrisers Hyderabad have got 175 runs on the board after being put to bat first by Rajasthan Royals RR bowlers Sandeep Sharma and Avesh Khan delivered brilliantly in the death with wickets and dot balls908 PM 1677 183 OversHeinrich Klaasen gets out bowled by Sandeep Sharma Pat Cummins comes in the middle now to join Shahbaz Ahmed SRH have 11 balls left in the innings857 PM 1326 151 OversRoyals in control with successive wickets of Abdul Samad and Nitish Reddy SRH go six down and bring in the impact sub now Shahbaz Ahmed846 PM 1164 13 OversThree overs have gone by for Chahal so far and a wicket will make it good at the moment835 PM 1014 103 OversSandeep Sharma strikes as the dangerous Travis Head departs SRH are four down now and Nitish Reddy comes in to bat now823 PM 923 82 OversR Ashwin brought back by Sanju Samson after the powerplay He has gone for 25 from the first two overs and now he comes up against Head817 PM 693 61 OversTrent Boult has scalped three wickets in the Powerplay it is just the ideal start for RR However SRH have got some heavy runs from the powerplay800 PM 451 4 OversRahul Tripathi is on fire with the willow as he goes all guns blazing against Ashwin Rajasthan lose a bit of control after getting the first wicket739 PM 221 2 OversSharma gets caught by Tom Cadle More off Trent Boults delivery SRH go one down as Sharma departs early RR Off to a fine start732 PM 90 1 overWith a length ball around off opner Abhishek Sharma announces himself with a stylish pull over deep midwicket for four Couple of big shots more from Sharmas willow as Head keeps it slow on two runs on the board