Confident Orangearmy Looks to continue their good run

In a tournament where hopping from the playing field to the airplane cabin and back to the field is the norm, six days of break is a rare luxury.Rajasthan Royals used this luxury pretty well, sighting tigers in Ranthambore.
On Sunday, as they get back on the turf here in their seventh game of IPL11 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, they will have a few more tigers to contend with: the Bangla one in Shakib Al Hasan and the Afghan variety in Rashid Khan among others. Throw in Sidharth Kaul, Basil Thampi and the Royals, refreshed and rejuvenated, might just have the feeling of being preyed upon from both ends.




What's their strength?

Spinners Shakib Al Hasan and Rashid Khan have bagged eight and nine wickets respectively from seven games. Pacer Siddarth Kaul has been the most impressive with nine wickets from seven games.
Basil Thampi, on the other hand, has featured in just a couple of games for Hyderabad and came out with flying colors against Mumbai and Punjab, respectively.
Earlier, when RR and SRH met, Yusuf Pathan had shown glimpses of his old attacking batting, with a 27-ball 45, but failed to repeat the show against Mumbai and Punjab.
As for Rajasthan, they will be taking the field after a week's break and will eye their fourth win of the tournament.
CONDITIONS: This will be the first day-game in this year's IPL at Jaipur. Warm temperatures should welcome the players.
EXPECTED 11
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
 Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma
 WHAT HISTORY SAYS: RR beat SRH by eight wickets in the sole encounter between the two sides at this venue in 2013.RR have won 10 out of the last 11 IPL matches at this venue.
In the last eight matches at this venue, seven have been won by the side batting second. The only loss came in the rain-affected truncated RR - DD game earlier in the season.
Squads:
Rajasthan Royals: Ajinkya Rahane (c), Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Rahul Tripathi, D Arcy Short, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Prashant Chopra, Sudhesan Midhun, Ben Laughlin, Mahipal Lomror, Aryaman Birla, Jatin Saxena, Dushmantha Chameera, Heinrich Klaasen, Ish Sodhi
SunRisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Shakib Al Hasan, Manish Pandey, Carlos Brathwaite, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha, Rashid Khan, Ricky Bhui, Bhuvneshwar Kumar,, Deepak Hooda, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Mohammad Nabi, Basil Thampi, K Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Sachin Baby, Chris Jordan, Tanmay Agarwal, Shreevats Goswami, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan, Alex Hales
CREDITS / SOURCE
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/101796/rajasthan-royals-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-match-preview
https://sports.ndtv.com/indian-premier-league-2018/ipl-2018-rajasthan-royals-vs-sunrisers-hyderabad-preview-rr-face-formidable-srh-at-home-1844388
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/ipl/top-stories/ipl-2018-preview-rr-v-srh-royals-will-have-revenge-on-mind/articleshow/63957465.cms


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