Sunrisers Hyderabad choose to bowl against Rajasthan Royals in IPL Eliminator

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) won the toss and elected to field against the inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Eliminator match on Wednesday evening. The high-stakes encounter between Hyderabad and Rajasthan is taking place at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh. The winner of this Eliminator game will progress to face the Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 on Friday. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad have defeated the Royals twice during the league stage. “We will bowl first.

I think we have played some good cricket of late. We will try to keep our bowling simple and let them play to their strengths. Hinge comes back in. I think we are not bothered about the pressure, it’s a good chasing ground,” Cummins said.

Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag stated his side also would have opted to bowl. “We also would have bowled first as it’s a good chasing ground. This has been a good ground, as we have chased and defended. I am fit to play. We have no other option than to win, I am happy with the team’s performance… Jaddu (Jadeja) comes back in the XI, Dubey is the impact player,” he said.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (w), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge. Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact subs: Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel. Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (w), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja. Rajasthan Royals Impact subs: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande.