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Pat Cummins Opts to Bat First as SRH Face DC in Vishakhapatnam; KL Rahul Returns to Capitals’ Lineup

Cummins becomes first captain to choose batting in IPL 2025, banking on SRH’s spin-heavy strategy amid scorching conditions; KL Rahul debuts for DC this season, replacing Sameer Rizvi in the only lineup change.

Aria by Aria
April 23, 2025
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Pat Cummins Opts to Bat First as SRH Face DC in Vishakhapatnam; KL Rahul Returns to Capitals’ Lineup
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Pat Cummins made the call at the toss and chose to bat first for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their day game against Delhi Capitals (DC) in Vishakhapatnam. This marked the first instance in IPL 2025 where the winning captain elected to bat.

Rahul, who missed DC’s opening match in IPL 2025 due to the birth of his daughter, will finally make his debut in the tournament. With Sameer Rizvi stepping down, Rahul returns to the home team for their next game, marking the only change in their lineup.

Cummins had faith in his batters to maintain their strategy from the previous season – choosing to bat first, post a substantial total, and effectively defend it. In anticipation of the sun’s scorching heat and its potential to slow down the pitch throughout the match, SRH made the decision to include another spinner in place of a fast bowler. As a result, legspinner Zeeshan Ansari, who represents Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, was brought in instead of Simarjeet Singh.

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According to Axar Patel, he would have chosen to bat first as well, citing the advantage of the ball doing more in the second innings. He expressed confidence in his bowlers’ ability to take risks and utilize death bowling from the very beginning if necessary.

In Vishakhapatnam, the square boundaries measured 66m and 60m, while the straight hit stretched to 73m. During the pitch report, WV Raman mentioned that due to the scorching sun, spin might become a factor later on in the game.

The Sunrisers Hyderabad team consists of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (capt), Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, and Zeeshan Ansari.

Some of the players to consider for the Impact Player role are Sachin Baby, Eshan Malinga, Simarjeet Singh, Adam Zampa, and Wiaan Mulder.

The Delhi Capitals XI includes a strong lineup featuring Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Abishek Porel, KL Rahul as wicketkeeper, Axar Patel as captain, Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, and Mukesh Kumar. Some potential impact players for the team are Karun Nair, Ashutosh Sharma, Sameer Rizvi, Donovan Ferreira, and Tripurna Vijay.

 

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