In a major blow to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), regular skipper Kane Williamson will miss out on Tuesday's Indian Premier League (IPL) match against defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
He has flown back home due to personal reasons but, is likely to rejoin the team ahead of their next match against Rajasthan Royals on April 27.
In his absence, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the Orange Army. Bhuvneshwar had also led Hyderabad when Williamson had missed few games due to injury.
On the other hand, the clash against CSK would be the last match for their in-form opener Jonny Bairstow. The English wicketkeeper is scheduled to leave to join his national side to attend training camp for the upcoming World Cup.
Both David Warner and Bairstow have scored the bulk of the runs for the SRH and their middle-order has not performed —a fact well known to them and their opponents.
With five wins from nine games, Hyderabad is placed fourth in the league points-table, while Chennai sits at the second spot with seven victories from 10 games. (Check points table here)
Here’s the SRH squad:
Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Wriddhiman Saha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar (c), David Warner, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Jonny Bairstow, Shahbaz Nadeem, Vijay Shankar, Sandeep Sharma, Ricky Bhui, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, T Natarajan, Basil Thampi, Rashid Khan, K Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma