Umran is youngest but experienced as he has played for the country: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

 HYDERABAD: Sunday afternoon's clash will see two former champions Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals face-off at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. With equal firepower in both batting and bowling, stage is set for a high-octane clash between two teams that look strong on paper.

With Bhuvneshwar Kumar leading the side for his team's opening game in IPL 2023 as Aiden Markram is on international duty, he felt the bowling attack has a lot of experience in them, including tearaway pacer Umran Malik, whose stocks have risen since bursting through in 2021 edition of the tournament. He also picked 22 wickets from 14 matches at an average of 20.18 and economy rate of 9.03, claiming one four-wicket haul and a five-wicket haul respectively in IPL 2022, while playing an instrumental role in picking wickets for his franchise in the middle overs phase. He was also named as the emerging player of the season at the end of the competition.

"The bowling unit is very experienced now. Umran is the youngest (bowler in the team), but he is also experienced and has played for the country. He did well in the last season as well. It is a matter of going out there and doing well," he said in the pre-match press conference. Apart from Bhuvneshwar and Malik, Hyderabad also have services of leg-spinner Adil Rashid, pacers Kartik Tyagi and T. Natarajan, apart from all-rounders Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad and Abhishek Sharma. IANS

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