IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad hand debut to Kedar Jadhav; Punjab Kings pick Moises Henriques and Fabian Allen

IPL 2021: Sunrisers Hyderabad hand debut to Kedar Jadhav; Punjab Kings pick Moises Henriques and Fabian Allen

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face Punjab Kings (PBKS) today and at the toss, there are as many as three debutants who were named. Kedar Jadhav was chosen by the Orange Army for the first time while PBKS brought in two overseas debutants in Moises Henriques and Fabian Allen. All three players were acquired during the auction ahead of this year’s IPL after previously playing for different teams (Henriques wasn’t a part of IPL 2020).

PBKS chose to leave out Jhye Richardson to bring in Henriques. Similarly, Riley Meredith missed out. Skipper KL Rahul said at the toss, “We will bat first. Pretty obvious decision, put the runs on the board and defend it. Two changes for us – Meredith and Gayle miss out; Fabian Allen and Moises Henriques in – we are petty clear, everyone have been given responsibilities – we’re a new team, will take time for the roles to sink in. A couple of wins. the belief will be back.”

Kedar Jadhav and Kane Williamson included by SRH

Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson

Meanwhile, for SRH, there was a huge boost in the form of the return of the reliable Kane Williamson who replaced Mujeeb Ur Rahman. Kedar Jadhav came in for Abdul Samad. It is noteworthy that head coach Trevor Bayliss and skipper David Warner had asserted that Williamson would be picked only if gets back to full fitness and hence, it now seems like he has.

Skipper Warner said at the toss, “Everyone in this franchise are positive – need to learn from the mistakes, those little things in the game. Kane Williamson is in, he replaces Mujeeb. Samad is out with a hamstring pull, Kedar replaces him, Manish misses out as well, replaced by Siddarth Kaul. Conditions over here are very different to what we encountered in Dubai last season. Need to bowl well and get back to winning ways.”

PBKS won the toss and opted to bat first.

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