🏏IPL 2023: Match 4 - SRH vs RR at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 02/04/23 at 3:30 PM IST 🏏
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Welcome to the second double header of the weekend
Vastly improved Sunrisers and Royals face each other for their IPL 2023 opener
Sunrisers have strengthened their spin attack, while Royals have a genuine seam-bowling allrounder in Holder
Last season, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals seemed to have squads that covered a lot of bases but were still somehow incomplete. Sunrisers had impressive pace resources and seemed to have sorted out their long-standing batting-depth issue, but they lacked spin options, and struggled to get going with the bat in the powerplay, with Kane Williamson enduring a horror season. Royals went all the way to the final with a team that had an excellent core of specialists but no allrounders to tie everything together.
Both teams begin a new season with squads that look vastly improved, on paper.
Sunrisers have brought in Mayank Agarwal at the top of the order to go with one of the most exciting middle orders in the competition - how they'll deal with the headache of picking only two out of Aiden Markram, Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips and Heinrich Klaasen remains to be seen - and have strengthened their spin contingent significantly by signing Akeal Hosein and Adil Rashid.
Royals, meanwhile, have a genuine seam-bowling allrounder in Jason Holder, and most conveniently have the Impact Player rule as an ally to assuage any lingering concerns over batting or bowling depth.
How will these upgrades translate into on-field performance? We'll see very soon, starting Sunday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
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Deadline for toss prediction: 3:00PM IST
Deadline for rest of the predictions: 3:30PM IST
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