David Warner's Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad won the toss and elected to field first against Virat Kohli led Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 52nd game of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Saturday evening. ALSO READ | IPL 2020, SRH vs RCB Match Preview: Virat-Led Bangalore Aim To Seal Play-Off Berth Against Strong-Willed Hyderabad At Dubai

Warner did not make much changes in his team except for Vijay Shankar. RCB on the hand brought in Navdeep Saini to replace Shivam Dube while Isuru Udana has replaced Dale Steyn

With 14 points in its Kitty, the Kohli & Co. is just one step away to become the second team to qualify in the playoffs. Hyderabad on the other hand can't afford any defeat from on as they have 12 points, and require two consistent victories to reserve their berth.

Hyderabad is returning in today's contest on the strength of a glorious victory against heavyweights Delhi Capitals by 88 runs in their last match. Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha proved boon as the brigade posed a chase of 219 runs. Opener Saha played a blistering knock of 87 off 45 balls while Captain himself scored 66 runs.

Though the team is under pressure today due to struggling batting order, its bowling unit is expect to take the load and guide SRH to the playoffs.

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Kohli's Army on the other hand equally needs to buck up with their batting order and try not to let their runs decrease in the death overs. Kohli and de Villiers are expected to go big this evening of they wish to beat Warner's batch.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: David Warner(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan

Royal Challengers Bangalore Playing XI: Josh Philippe, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Isuru Udana, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal