IPL 2025, SRH vs RR: Rajasthan Royals opt to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad
The Hindu
Indian Premier league 2025, IPL season 18: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals in Hyderabad on March 23, 2025.
Rajasthan Royals stand-in skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL match in Hyderabad on Sunday (March 23, 2025).
RR picked Shimron Hetmyer, Maheesh Theekshana, Jofra Archer and Fazalhaq Farooqi as overseas players, while SRH handed debut to Ishan Kishan and Abhinav Manohar.
RR are the inaugural champions, while 2016 winner SRH came close to winning another title last year but finished runners-up.
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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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