A well-balanced squad at their disposal, Rajasthan Royals would look to recreate this 12 months the identical magic which noticed them emerge second finest in IPL 2022, as they tackle Sunrisers Hyderabad of their marketing campaign opener in Hyderabad on Sunday. The Royals, led by Sanju Samson, are a aspect overflowing with performers, with each the Purple Cap (highest wicket-taker) and Orange Cap (highest run-getter) being cornered by their gamers — Yuzvendra Chahal and Jos Buttler — final season. With the likes of two of India’s finest spinners in Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin in addition to Australian tweaker Adam Zampa within the aspect, the 2008 IPL winners have maybe the very best sluggish bowlers within the league.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting should guard in opposition to the wily leg-spinner Chahal, who had emerged the best wicket-take in IPL 2022 with 27 scalps.

Ashwin, then again, can be buoyed by his exhibiting within the current Border-Gavaskar Test sequence, the place he grabbed 25 wickets in eight innings, although he’s on to a unique format.

If their spin-bowling division is the envy of each different aspect within the IPL, Royals’ batting, led by Buttler, may give any franchise a fancy, given the way in which the England stalwart went about decimating each bowling assault final 12 months to build up a thoughts boggling 863 runs.

With England’s top-order batter Joe Root too part of their squad, together with skipper Samson and pinch-hitters Shimron Hetmyer and Jason Holder, Royals’ batting too wears a near-invincible look.

Rajasthan Royals Predicted XI vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Obed McCoy, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kuldeep Sen.

(With PTI Inputs)