Surging Royals the team to beat
Yet again, Rajasthan Royals are doing the early running in a season, with three wins out of three, and are the team to beat
Match facts
Start time 2000 local (1430 GMT)
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Stats and trivia
- Only two IPL games have been played previously in Visakhapatnam, back in 2012
- Royals have a 3-2 head-to-head record against Sunrisers
- Among active IPL franchises, Sunrisers have the lowest team batting strike-rate - 117
Quotes
Rajasthan Royals captain Shane Watson on Steven Smith
Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner
Abhishek Purohit is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo