IPL 2023: Would like to continue my partnership with Ashwin: Yuzvendra Chahal on RR’s bowling performance

Rajasthan Royals is ready to play their first match and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal expressed his excitement while continuing his gameplay with Rajasthan Royals and seems more confident when Ashwin is on the same side. Here’s what the spinner had to say –

Yuzvendra Chahal: We are very excited, it’s the first match. Definitely, when you do well, it helps the team. I have had a very good partnership with Ashwin last year and we would like to continue that. We need to win games consistently and we need to work hard in every game as our goal is to not only reach the playoffs but reach the top two. We would have to travel a lot, as there will be home and away games and there will be back-to-back games. It’s a new journey for us, so the focus is on present. It is a challenging thing but there are breaks as well in the schedule so it’s fine.

 

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In the fourth game of the IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals for the Sunday clash.

SRH has won the toss and opted to bowl first, challenging the RR batters to start off their season with a good batting innings.

Teams:

 

Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, KM Asif, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips(w), Washington Sundar, Adil Rashid, Bhuvneshwar Kumar(c), Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi

 

Rajasthan Royals Subs: Sandeep Sharma, Donavon Ferreira, Dhruv Jurel, Navdeep Saini, Murugan Ashwin

Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Abdul Samad, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma

 

Bhuvneshwar Kumar: We will bowl first, looks like a good batting wicket. Will take advantage with the chase. (On captaincy) Just the one game this time. I’ll try my best and do what is needed for the team. Farooqi, Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Glenn Phillips are our four foreigners.

Sanju Samson: This is a new IPL with new rules. We have to respect the opponents and play to our strengths. Always feel good to wear this jersey, looking forward to playing in Jaipur. (On Sangakkara) We have a good relationship with each other. Discuss things regularly before games. Four foreigners today for us – Buttler, Holder, Boult and Hetmyer