Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) decided not to include their explosive opener Travis Head in the playing XI in their must-win clash against the Gujarat Titans (GT) today (May 2) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL 2025).
However, Head features in the list of impact substitutes and will come in to bat during the chase. The reason behind this is since SRH is bowling first, it would allow them to play an extra bowler.
SRH will now have five bowlers in the lineup – Mohammed Shami, Harshal Patel, Pat Cummins, Jaydev Unadkat, and Zeeshan Ansari.
Speaking about the Aussie’s numbers this season, Head has scored 261 runs in 9 games at an average of 29. This is in contrast to last season where he slammed 567 runs in 15 games at a stellar average of 40.50 which contributed massively to SRH finishing as runners-up.
This season, however, his dip at the top of the batting order, has also cost SRH as they currently languish at the bottom half of the points table with just three wins in nine games.
SRH will need Head to fire today against GT in a bid to keep their chances of a playoff qualification alive.
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Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna
Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Ishant Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Arshad Khan, Sherfane Rutherford
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Mohammed Sha
Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Travis Head, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mulder
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