Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. “The pitch will stay the same throughout the game. The team has good players, and we are looking forward to the game,” he said.
Cummins is still confused about the impact player’s rule. “I am getting used to this rule but haven’t been able to understand it,” he added.
Mayank Agarwal is not feeling well says Cummins so Nitish will play. Natarajan is also back from injury..
Ruturaj Gaikwad is enjoying the captaincy. “I am enjoying the captaincy. It is a new challenge, but leading a side is not new to me. The players are ready for the contest, and let’s see how the proceedings go,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said.
Playing XIs
SRH: 1 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 5 Abdul Samad, 6 Shahbaz Ahmed, 7 Pat Cummins (capt), 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Jaydev Unadkat, 10 Mayank Markande, 11 T Natarajan
Subs: Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Travis Head, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi
Chennai Super Kings: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya Rahane, 4 Moeen Ali, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 MS Dhoni (wk), 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Tushar Deshpande, 11 Maheesh Theekshana
Subs: Mukesh Choudhary, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Sameer Rizvi