April 5 (CRICKETNMORE) - Defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore Batting
RCB's captain Virat Kohli and star batsman AB deVilliers will not play this game because of injuries. Australian allrounder Shane Watson will lead the side in Kohli's absence. Two more batsman opener KL Rahul & Sarfaraz Khan are the new additions in the list of injured players for RCB and both of them may not be able to participate in IPL 2017.
With the key players missing in the opening match, RCB will depend on Chris Gayle, Watson & Kedhar Jadhav in their enocunter with Hyderabad.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore Bowling
Royal Challengers Bangalore Bowling
Tymal Mills and Yuzvendra Chahal will lead the bowling department for Bangalore. Twenty20 specialist leg-spinner Samuel Badree, Kiwi pacer Adam Milne and left-arm seamer Aniket Choudhary are the other options available with the team.
Allsounder Shane Watson, Stuart Binny and Pawan Negi are also expected to contribute with the ball.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Batting
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad will like to repeat the success of IPL 2016. The batting will revolve around three left-handers - David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan & Yuvraj Singh. Moises Henriques, Kane Williamson, Naman Ojha, Deepak Hooda and Vijay Shankar can also make valuable contibutions.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Bowling
Their bowling line-up is one of the best in IPL. Ashish Nehra, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Barinder Sran will handle the pace department. Rashid Khan, leg-spinner from Afghanistan will add to bowling strength. All-rounders like Yuvraj Singh, Henriques, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Nabi and Chris Jordan can contribute with the ball as well.
The teams (from):
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Shane Watson (Captain), Sreenath Aravind, Avesh Khan, Samuel Badree, Stuart Binny, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary, Praveen Dubey, Chris Gayle, Travis Head, Iqbal Abdulla, Kedar Jadhav, Mandeep Singh, Tymal Mills, Adam Milne, Pawan Negi, Harshal Patel, Sachin Baby, Tabraiz Shamsi, and Billy Stanlake.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (Captain), Tanmay Agarwal, Ricky Bhui, Bipul Sharma, Ben Cutting, Shikhar Dhawan, Eklavya Dwivedi, Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Chris Jordan, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ben Laughlin, Abhimanyu Mithun, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammed Siraj, Mustafizur Rahman, Ashish Nehra, Naman Ojha, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Barinder Sran, Pravin Tambe, Kane Williamson and Yuvraj Singh.