IPL 2025: SRH vs RR playing 11; Cummins and Parag's captaincy record

Pat Cumminss led SRH in 16 matches that season, out of which he won 9 and lost 7. RR have a confirmed new captain for the first three games of the season in the form of Riyan Parag

Rajasthan Royals (RR) stand-in skipper Riyan Parag won the toss and opted to bowl against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their opening Indian Premier League 2025 match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

 

RR picked Shimron Hetmyer, Maheesh Theekshana, Jofra Archer and Fazalhaq Farooqi as overseas players, while SRH handed debut to Ishan Kishan and Abhinav Manohar.

 

RR are the inaugural champions, while 2016 winner SRH came close to winning another title last year but finished runners-up. 

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IPL 2025 Match 2: Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Playing 11

RR playing 11: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi

 

Impact subs: Sanju Samson, Kunal Singh Rathore, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kwena Maphaka 

Rajasthan Royals squad for IPL 2025: Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson, Shubham Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Rana, Kunal Singh Rathore, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Ashok Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Sandeep Sharma, Maheesh Theekshana, Yudhvir Singh. 

SRH playing 11 and impact subs (probables):  Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan(w), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami

 

Impact subs:  Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for IPL 2025: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Sachin Baby, Mohammed Shami, Adam Zampa, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Chahar, Eshan Malinga, Harshal Patel, Kamindu Mendis, Wiaan Mulder, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari.

 

Pat Cummins’ captaincy record

 

Cummins was appointed SRH’s captain ahead of IPL 2024, which marked his maiden tenure as skipper in the IPL. He led SRH in 16 matches that season, out of which he won 9 and lost 7. He took the team to the final but eventually lost to KKR. On the other hand, he has also led Australia’s national team in 48 international matches, out of which he has won 31 and lost just 11.  Pat Cummins as captain in IPL

• Matches Played: 16
• Won:9
• Lost: 7
• Win percentage: 56.2 per cent

 

Riyan Parag’s captaincy record

 

IPL 2025 will be the first time Riyan Parag will be taking up the role of captain in his IPL career. Before this, he has led Assam in the domestic circuit. Parag, at 23 years and 133 days old, will become the fourth-youngest captain in IPL history when he takes the field against SRH on Sunday.  How Parag moved up the leadership ladder? 

Riyan Parag in IPL 

Before IPL 2024:

• Innings: 44
• Runs: 600
• Average: 16.2
• Strike rate: 124
• Fifites: 2

 

In IPL 2024

• Inns - 14
• Runs - 573
•  Avg - 52.1
•  SR - 149
• 50s – 4

 

Most runs in IPL2024: 

1. Virat Kohli - 741
2. Ruturaj Gaikwad - 583
3. Riyan Parag - 573
4. Travis Head – 567 

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