The Sunrisers have already breached the 250-mark thrice this season, and the carnage at the M Chinnaswamy in Bengaluru will be still fresh in the minds of the RCB fans as they prepare for the reverse fixture at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Delhi Capitals have won three games out of the seven played in IPL 2024 and sit at No 6 in the points table. SRH, on the other hand, are at number 4 having won four games out of the six played this season.
The SRH, fresh from registering the highest IPL total of 277/3 against Mumbai Indians will hope for another batting masterclass against a Gujarat Titans bowling line-up that clearly looked weak in the absence of Mohammed Shami.
While the Sunrisers narrowly lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their opening fixture as they fell short by four runs in a chase of 209, Mumbai suffered a six-run loss on Hardik Pandya’s return Ahmedabad as an opposition skipper for the first time after leading Gujarat Titans for the past two seasons.
Having paid the price for skipping Perth as a Test venue during India’s last tour of Australia in 2020-21, Cricket Australia on Tuesday announced Perth to host the opening Test while unveiling their international calendar for next summer with the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as the home season’s showpiece event.
Post-lunch period proved to be detrimental for India as they succumbed to the efforts of Australia bowlers Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood with the new ball.
Cheteshwar Pujara has been dismissed three out of four times by Cummins in the first two Tests of this year's Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The Virat Kohli-led India will begin their title defence of the Border-Gavaskar trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17.
Virat Kohli had already informed the BCCI about his wish to return to India to as he and wife Anushka Sharma are expecting their first child in January.
Asked if Donaldson's workout routine helped him, Nagarkoti said: "I could do some exercises that were moderately difficult. But some were extremely tough. I didn't even try them! You can't start off with such hard exercises. Gradually, as I become stronger, I will try them out."
