IPL 2011 second match comes to you live from Hyderabad on Saturday as 2009 champions Deccan Chargers take on Rajasthan Royals take, who have been champions in the inaugural edition.
Both the teams have changed significantly in their lineup, because they have added very few players, when so many have left. Australia, Bangladesh, and not in action, both teams will be looking for the right combination to as they would want to start well.
If we look at the squads, Deccan Chargers have spent large sums of money to bring aboard people like Kumar Sangakkara, who will leading the side on the field, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, JP Duminy, Cameron White, Ishant Sharma, Pragya Ojha , Shikhar Dhawan, Amit Mishra.
Rajasthan Royals have slightly increased contrast and have a list that includes the likes of captain and mentor Shane Warne, Rahul Dravid, Shane Watson, Ross Taylor, Johan Botha, and Shaun Tait.
The pitch is Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad is known to be a good for batting and should favor the batsmen. Bat first, if you win the toss. The team that is trying to win the first track batting first should be looking to post a total in excess of 180 runs.
Rajasthan Royals - Shane Warne is the master of spin bowling and much will depend on how many wickets wicket he notched up along with the restriction flow of runs. Ross Taylor holds the key to the batting department, which has been in great form since the World Cup and is a big hitter of the ball.
Deccan Chargers - Kumar Sangakkara is our man for the Chargers, as he is most vital cog in the wheels. It will also be interesting to see how Dale Steyn goes about his business after a not so good World Cup.
Head to head (DC to RR):
Rajasthan Royals have won five out of the six matches the two sides have played in three editions so far, including both home and away to wins in 2008 and 2010.
Deccan Chargers (DC) IPL 2011 Team: Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Ankit Sharma, Akash Bhandari, Bharat Chipli, Daniel Christian, Kedar Devdhar, Shikhar Dhawan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Manpreet Gony, Harmeet Singh, Ishank Jaggi, Michael Lumb, Chris Lynn, Ishan Malhotra, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Ravi Teja, Jaydev Shah, Ishant Sharma, Sunny Sohal, Dale Steyn, Rusty Theron, Cameron White, Arjun Yadav.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2011 Team: Shane Warne (captain), Amit Singh, Swapnil Asnodkar, Stuart Binny, Johan Botha, Deepak Chahar, Ankeet Chavan, Aakash Chopra, Aditya Dole, Nayan Doshi, Rahul Dravid, Samad Fallah, Faiz Fazal, Ashok Menaria, Sumit Narwal, Jacob Oram, Pankaj Singh, Amit Paunikar, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Raut, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pinal Shah, Shaun Tait, Ross Taylor, Siddharth Trivedi, Shane Watson, Harendra Yagnik.
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