IPL 2019: SRH opt to bowl against Russell-reliant KKR at Hyderabad

Both teams have eight points though SRH have played one match less. The race to play-offs is heating up and both sides know the value of a win on Sunday

With top-heavy openers like David Warner and Jonny Bairstow, Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns against an Andre Russell-reliant Kolkata Knight Riders at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad. Both teams have eight points though SRH have played one match less. The race to play-offs is heating up and both sides know the value of a win on Sunday. Coming to the toss, Captain won the toss and opted to bowl against Kolkata at Hyderabad.  A promising Andhra left-arm pacer Yarra Prithviraj will make his debut for SRH.

The @SunRisers win the toss and elect to bowl first against the @KKRiders in Hyderabad.#SRHvKKR pic.twitter.com/vl08B0QNxU

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 21, 2019

"We are looking to have a bowl. First day game, so slight change and one the guys are looking forward to it. They probably feel the same. Everyone wants to win but we had a good last game. So we will look to get on a roll from that. The guys at the top are going great.", said Williamson.

KKR skipper Dinesh Karthik wanted his team to put in an  extra effort as they lost the toss and as captain he stressed on himself do well in the big game. KKR decided to leave out Robin Uthappa, Kuldeep Yadav and Prasidh Krishna for today's game. "Now that we have lost the toss, we have to make the most of it when we bat first. We have made three changes to the team. Those players will bring breathe of fresh air to the team.", said Karthik. Teams: Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner, Jonny Bairstow(w), Kane Williamson(c), Vijay Shankar, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma, K Khaleel Ahmed Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Piyush Chawla, KC Cariappa, Harry Gurney, Yarra Prithviraj