Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the third game of IPL Season 13 at Dubai later on Monday evening. The match is scheduled for a 7:30 pm start with the toss to take place at 7:00 pm (IST)


Sunrisers Hyderabad will look for another stellar season in the cash rich T20 league after making the play-offs in every season of the league since their maiden title in 2016. RCB would look to defy their critics and shed their perennial underachievers tag as they are yet to win an IPL title over their 12-season old campaign in the premier Indian cricket league.

While Sunrisers Hyderabad would once again bank largely upon its core nucleus of tested performers in David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the 'Orange Army' have made some noteworthy  acquisitions by way of signing Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and Windies spinner Fabien Allen.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore who have been known to rely more on individual of their star performers in AB De Villiers and Virat Kohli would also look for much more well rounded performance by the team. RCB have also bolstered their team strength by signing in Australian skipper Aaron Finch, South African all-rounder Chris Morris, Australian spinner Adam Zampa (replacement for Kane Richardson) and Joshua Philippe.

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With a plethora of T20 stalwarts like Virat Kohli, AB De Villiers, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan set to battle it out against each other, it could well be a brain racking exercise to pick up the best eleven from each sides and get the desired combinations.

So if you are playing the Fantasy XI and want to secure maximum points and emerge as winner in the contests you have joined, here is a look at the probable playing elevens for both teams which could cover all the bases for both the team.

Best Possible Combined Eleven For Fantasy League

Virat Kohli (captain), David Warner (vice captain), Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Nabi, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma

Probable XIs for both sides:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg/Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sandeep Sharma and Khaleel Ahmed /Sidharth Kaul

Royal Challengers Hyderabad: Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers (WK), Gurkeerat Singh/Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Chris Morris, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal and Umesh Yadav

Squad:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Billy Stanlake, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Fabian Allen, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, Virat Singh

Royal Challengers Hyderabad: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Gurkeerat Singh, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa