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RR wins toss, to bowl first against SRH in IPL Q-2

RR wins toss, to bowl first against SRH in IPL Q-2

Chennai, May 24 (UNI) Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl first in the Qualifier-2 match of the IPL T-20 match against Sunrishers Hyderabad at the M.A.Chidambaram here on Friday night.
The winners of today's contest will meet Kolkata Knight Riders in the title clash here on Sunday.
Though the Chepauk stadium is a neutral venue for both the teams, it was home ground for offie R.Ashwin of RR and left arm seamer T.Natarajan of SRH.
Rajasthan Royals have retained the same team that won by tense four wickets against RCB in the Eliminator.
SRH, who lost by eight wickets to KKR in Qualifier-1, has brought in aiden Markram and left arm seamer Jayadev Unakdt.
The teams :
RR:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (capt & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Players : Shimron Hetmyer, Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Kuldeep Sen.
SRH :
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (capt), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.
Impact players : Shahbaz Ahmed, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Umran Malik.
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