IPL 2025: 3 Players to watch out for in SRH vs RR Match 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad will clash against Rajasthan Royals in the second match of the IPL 2025 season at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday, March 23.

Moving into the details, SRH, led by Pat Cummins, finished the last season at the second rank with 17 points, amassing eight wins and losing five games. However, they suffered an eight-wicket defeat to KKR in the first qualifier.

In the second qualifier, they bagged a decent win over the Rajasthan Royals to make it to the grand finale. However, they suffered yet another defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets in the final to end as runners-up.

Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals, led by Sanju Samson, made it to the playoffs last season at the third rank. They bagged eight wins and suffered five losses in the IPL 2024 league phase. Later, they suffered a defeat to SRH in the eliminator to bow out of the competition.

Talking about the head-to-head details, both these sides have played a total of 20 matches together. While the Sunrisers Hyderabad bagged 11 wins, the Rajasthan Royals managed only nine victories. 

On that note, let’s take a look at three players to watch out for in the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals game, Match 2.

3 Players to watch out for in SRH vs RR, Match 2

1. Travis Head

Travis Head, the explosive Australian opening batter is all set to make it big for the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise. Head has the capability of turning the game upside down in the powerplay overs.

Making his IPL debut in 2016, Head played for RCB in IPL 2016 and IPL 2017. However, he missed a few seasons later. He returned to the SRH team in IPL 2024, scoring 567 runs in 15 innings at an average of 40.5 with one century and four fifties.

2. Abhishek Sharma

Head's opening partner at SRH, Abhishek Sharma is another dashing batter, who can change the game's complexion in the powerplay overs. He has been with the SRH franchise for the past six seasons.

In IPL 2024, he scored 484 runs from 16 innings at an average of 32.26 with three fifty-plus scores. His highest score in the last season was an unbeaten 75. He would be aiming to continue his good form this season as well.

3. Heinrich Klaasen

Another dashing batter in the SRH line-up is the keeper-batter Heinrich Klaasen, who can be a lot explosive in the death overs. Bowlers would fail to correct their lines and lengths against Klaasen in the final five overs.

Klaasen was part of the SRH team in the past two seasons. Speaking about IPL 2024, he scored 479 runs in the middle-order from 15 innings at an average of 39.91.

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