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Hyderabad elect to bat in IPL final

Published: 29 May 2016 - 05:22 pm | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 09:40 pm
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Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, Virat Kohli (R) and his Sunrisers Hyderabad counterpart, David Warner (C) walk back after the toss prior to the start of the final Twenty20 cricket match of the 2016 Indian Premier League (IPL) between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on May 29, 2016. (AFP / MANJUNATH KIRAN)

 

Bangalore, India: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League final at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.

David Warner's Hyderabad made just one change with star bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who missed the last match due to a hamstring niggle, is back in the XI in place of Trent Boult.

Bangalore skipper Virat Kohli named an unchanged side from the one that beat Gujarat Lions in Qualifier 1 as the two teams bid for their maiden IPL title.

Teams:

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (capt), Chris Gayle, AB de Villiers, Lokesh Rahul, Shane Watson, Sachin Baby, Stuart Binny, Iqbal Abdullah, Chris Jordan, Sreenath Aravind, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Deepak Hooda, Ben Cutting, Naman Ojha, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Barinder Sran, Mustafizur Rahman

Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI) and Bruce Oxenford (AUS)

TV umpire: Anil Chaudhary (IND)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)

Reserve umpire: Abhijit Deshmukh (IND)

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