IPL 2025: RR Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Vs SRH In Hyderabad, Check Playing 11s

SRH vs RR, IPL 2025: Here's a look at the playing 11s for the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the first match of the IPL 2025 edition.

IPL 2025: RR Win Toss, Opt To Bowl First Vs SRH In Hyderabad, Check Playing 11s

Source : PTI

SRH vs RR, IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals (RR) won the toss and opted to bowl first against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in both teams’ first match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 season at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on March 23 (Sunday). While Pat Cummins continues his captaincy duty after leading Hyderabad to the IPL 2024 finals, Rajasthan Royals will be captained by Riyan Parag after regular skipper Sanju Samson announced ahead of the IPL 2025 that he won't be captaining in the first three games of the season due to an injury.

While SRH bolstered their power-packed batting lineup IN ipl 2025 with another explosive batter in Ishan Kishan, RR have made significant changes ahead of the new season, releasing Jos Buttler before the auction. They’ve opted to back domestic talent, retaining a solid Indian core that includes Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel.

SRH vs RR IPL 2025 Season Opener Playing 11s

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami

Here's what SRH captain Pat Cummins and RR captain Riyan Parag said at the toss:

Pat Cummins: It is great to be back. The core of the group is the same, the coaching staff is the same. Don't think batting or bowling first matters. It is pretty hot, so don't mind bowling second. Would be nice to keep last season's form going. We always encourage our games to play with freedom. Abhi and Heady with hopefully continue from last year, and Nitish and Klassen are there as well. Ishan Kishan and Abhinav Manohar will be making their debuts.

Riyan Parag: Bowling first. Looks like a dry wicket so we'll have a crack at it later. (On captaincy) Means a lot, started here as a 17 year old. Getting to fill in big shoes, very excited. The impact rule helps with Sanju. We've retained a lot of our core so that helps with the batting order. The other three overseas will be Theekshana, Jofra and Farooqi. Always good to start well, we have practiced a lot.