The SRH vs RR IPL 2025 match on March 23 will start at 3:30 PM IST and will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast.
Though Sunday’s match will be the first match of the season for both teams, there will be a lingering hangover from the two’s last meeting. Incidentally, it was a loss to SRH in Qualifier 2 which had ended the Royals’ bid to make last year’s final.
RR fell 36 runs short while chasing SRH’s total of 175 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. SRH would eventually lose to Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
With the mega auction held prior to IPL 2025, both teams have undergone a massive overhaul and will go into the upcoming fixture with new-look squads.
Rajasthan will also be under new leadership withRiyan Parag having been named as the stand-in captain for the first three matches as full-time skipperSanju Samson is still recovering from an injury.
Samson, though not cleared to wicketkeeper or field yet, can still play a part as a specialist batter.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals standings
Both SRH and RR will be looking to get their campaigns up and running by registering the first points of the season in the match slated for an afternoon start.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals players
Riyan Parag, at just 23, is on the cusp of history and is slated to become the Royals’ youngest captain and the fifth-youngest skipper in IPL history when he steps out for the toss in Hyderabad.
The youngster, however, will have his work cut out for him with Australia’s World Cup and World Test Championships-winning captain Pat Cummins leading SRH.
Parag, however, will have Royals’ new head coach and Indian cricket legend Rahul Dravid in his corner to level the playing field.
Sticking to youngsters, the Royals also have the 13-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi in their ranks, who is already the youngest player to ever bag an IPL contract.
The teenager is an explosive batter and could flourish this season under the guidance of Dravid, Samson and Yashasvi Jaiswal, who also found his break with the Royals at a young age.
With the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium’s reputation as a batter’s paradise, the focus will be on the batters of both teams.
The Royals bowling unit, including the returning Jofra Archer who is just short of 50 IPL wickets, will also need to contain Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma.
The SRH openers were in sensational form last season and were key behind the Hyderabad team’s run till the final.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (c), Ishan Kishan, Atharva Taide, Abhinav Manohar, Aniket Verma, Sachin Baby, Henrich Klassen, Travis Head, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Chahar, Adam Zampa, Simarjeet Singh, Zeeshan Ansari, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Jofra Archer, Shimron Hetmyer, Tushar Deshpande, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Akash Madhwal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Shubham Dubey, Yudhvir Singh, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ashok Sharma, Kumar Kartikeya