IPL 2018 SRH vs KXIP: Punjab wins toss; Hyderabad to bat

Hyderabad: In a much anticipated Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) match, Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) won the toss and invited Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium here on Thursday.

The pitch is expected to behave same in both innings though the chasing team will have the advantage of due factor.

Chris Gayle has returned to the playing XI of KXIP which is going to be a huge advantage for the visiting team as the Caribbean batsman has been in great touch this season.

SRH skipper Kane Williamson, however, has fielded the same side from the previous match in which the bowlers did a great job in defending a small score of 118 runs.

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Here are the two teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson(c), Wriddhiman Saha(w), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddarth Kaul, Sandeep Sharma

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Lokesh Rahul(w), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Aaron Finch, Manoj Tiwary, Ravichandran Ashwin(c), Andrew Tye, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman