New Delhi: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field first in the crucial encounter against Gujarat Lions in Kanpur on Saturday.
Sunrisers will be without their talismanic batsman Yuvraj Singh who has a sore finger and he will be replaced by Deepak Hooda.
For Gujarat Lions, experienced duo of Praveen Kumar and Munaf Patel come in for Basil Thampi and Dhawal Kulkarni.
It will be an do-or-die encounter for the Daved Warner led side, a win here will seal their place in the playoffs
GL XI: DR Smith, Ishan Kishan, SK Raina, KD Karthik, AJ Finch, RA Jadeja, JP Faulkner, PJ Sangwan, Ankit Soni, P Kumar, MM Patel
SRH XI: DA Warner, S Dhawan, MC Henriques, DJ Hooda, V Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, NV Ojha, B Kumar, Rashid Khan, S Kaul, Mohammed Siraj