Published: May 10, 2016, 07:21 PM (IST)
Edited: May 10, 2016, 07:21 PM (IST)
Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) are set to hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 40 of IPL 2016 at Visakhapatnam. As such, SRH are the clear favourites, but as we have seen in the tournament so far, top ranked teams do not always prosper against the lower-ranked ones. RPS have been plagued with injuries galore. Kevin Pietersen, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis, and Mitchell Marsh have all been ruled out of the tournament, while Murugan Ashwin has picked up a niggle as well. The full extent of his injury is not yet known, but given their rotten luck it would come as no surprise if he too makes it to the list of RPS cricketers ruled out of IPL 9. Live Cricket Scorecard: Rising Pune Supergiants vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016 Match 40 at Visakhapatnam
Usman Khawaja and George Bailey have come in as replacements for RPS, and the batting has by and large clicked for them so far. shok Dinda and Rajat Bhatia have been good for RPS, but neither man is a spearhead. Thisara Perera has been playing largely because of a lack of options, but Adam Zampa bowled well against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the previous match. On the other hand, SRH have been on a roll. The bowling attack, comprising of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Mustafizur Rahman, Barinder Sran, Moises Henriques, and Yuvraj Singh has looked by far the most impressive of the tournament.
As for the batting, SRH have always relied heavily on David Warner, but with Shikhar Dhawan finding form in the last few matches they now have a stable top order, with Kane Williamson, Yuvraj, and Henriques in the middle order along with Naman Ojha and Deepak Hooda as backup.
