Steve Smith
made his Rajasthan Royals debut as fellow and veteran Australian Brad
Hodge was unwell. Royals were asked to bat by Kings XI Punjab on a bald
shiny surface that invoked Sharjah of old. Both these teams prefer
chasing, both registered wins in their first match chasing, and there
was no surprise in the decision George Bailey made.
Trusting his specialist batsmen, and also acknowledging need for spin,
Bailey handed a Kings XI Punjab debut to left-arm spinner Murali Kartik
ahead of seamer Rishi Dhawan.
Rajasthan Royals 1 Abhishek Nayar, 2 Ajinkya Rahane, 3 Sanju
Samson (wk), 4 Shane Watson, 5 Stuart Binny, 6 Steve Smith, 7 Rajat
Bhatia, 8 James Faulkner, 9 Kane Richardson, 10 Dhawal Kulkarni, 11
Pravin Tambe
Kings XI Punjab 1 Cheteshwar Pujara, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Glenn
Maxwell, 4 Akshar Patel, 5 David Miller, 6 George Bailey (capt.), 7
Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Murali Kartik, 10 Parvinder
Awana, 11 L Balaji
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