Hyderabad elect to bat against Bangalore

NEW DELHI: Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper Kumar Sangakkara won the toss and opted to bat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 9th match of the IPL 6 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

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Royal Challengers have made two changes bringing in AB de Villiers in place of Tillakaratne Dilshan and RP Singh also made it to the playing eleven.

Hyderabad would be keen to extend their winning run after consecutive victories lifted them to the top spot in the points table.

They first defeated last year's laggards Pune Warriors by 22 runs in a low-scoring match and then posted a nail-biting win over RCB in the Super Over on Sunday on their home ground.

The rechristened Hyderabad team, however, has batting worries as none of their top batsmen have fired which has reflected in the team scores (126 for six and 130 for seven).

On the other hand, Royal Challengers would aim for revenge against the table-toppers Hyderabad.

A win would give Bangalore some much-needed confidence when they face defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (Capt.), Moises Henriques, Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Mayank Agarwal, Arun Karthik, Jaydev Unadkat, R Vinay Kumar, Muttiah Muralitharan, Murali Kartik, RP Singh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kumar Sangakkara (Capt.), Akshat Reddy, Ashish Reddy, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel, Cameron White, Hanuma Vihari, Thisara Perera, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma and Biplab Samantray, .

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