<p class="title">Rajasthan Royals' desire to move up the pecking order got a boost following an incredible win a week ago, and the mid-table team would look to keep the momentum going in its IPL game against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Royals are aware of the challenges facing them at the Sawai Mansingh Stadum, a few days after Sunrisers Hyderabad got the better of Kings XI Punjab to grab the second position in the standings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While SRH have won five out of their seven games so far, Rajasthan Royals are placed fifth with three victories and as many losses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajasthan were on their way to suffer back-to-back defeats before a superb cameo from all-rounder K Gowtham helped them stun Mumbai Indians by three wickets last Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The hosts are looking forward to skipper Ajinkya Rahane to lead them by example, and the India Test vice-captain must be eager to live up to the expectations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With his explosive hitting, the immensely talented Sanju Samson is turning out to be RR's batting mainstay, and another big one could be in the offing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samson is high on confidence having played a few significant knocks so far in the cash-rich league.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The English duo of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler add muscle to Rajasthan's batting, and they are always keen to have a good hit in the middle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajasthan's bowling department is shouldered by medium pacers Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin, leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal and offie Gowtham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It may be an way game for them but Sunrisers will still fancy their chances.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite losing their skipper David Warner as a result of the one-year ban imposed on the Australian run-machine in ball-tampering scandal, Sunrisers showed tremendous fighting abilities and the very impressive win ratio is proof of that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While revenge maybe on RR's mind having lost the first leg game by nine wickets, the home team will need to play out of its skin to come out winners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Batting mainstay Shikhar Dhawan will look to make merry, having missed out on the previous match against KXIP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A certain Kane Williamson is always an asset to any team while Manish Pandey's confidence has surely gone up after what proved to be a critical half-century against KXIP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The likes of Deepak Hooda and Yusuf Pathan add depth to their batting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's top-ranked T20 bowler, Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has led SRH's spin attack with some success, and they have the ever-reliable Bhuvneshwar Kumar to spearhead the pace department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid was outstanding against Kings XI, returning figures of three for 19 in four overs. The likes of Shakib-al-Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Siddaharth Kaul complete SRH's attack.</p>
<p class="title">Rajasthan Royals' desire to move up the pecking order got a boost following an incredible win a week ago, and the mid-table team would look to keep the momentum going in its IPL game against Sunrisers Hyderabad here on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Royals are aware of the challenges facing them at the Sawai Mansingh Stadum, a few days after Sunrisers Hyderabad got the better of Kings XI Punjab to grab the second position in the standings.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While SRH have won five out of their seven games so far, Rajasthan Royals are placed fifth with three victories and as many losses.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajasthan were on their way to suffer back-to-back defeats before a superb cameo from all-rounder K Gowtham helped them stun Mumbai Indians by three wickets last Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The hosts are looking forward to skipper Ajinkya Rahane to lead them by example, and the India Test vice-captain must be eager to live up to the expectations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With his explosive hitting, the immensely talented Sanju Samson is turning out to be RR's batting mainstay, and another big one could be in the offing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Samson is high on confidence having played a few significant knocks so far in the cash-rich league.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The English duo of Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler add muscle to Rajasthan's batting, and they are always keen to have a good hit in the middle.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajasthan's bowling department is shouldered by medium pacers Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Ben Laughlin, leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal and offie Gowtham.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It may be an way game for them but Sunrisers will still fancy their chances.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Despite losing their skipper David Warner as a result of the one-year ban imposed on the Australian run-machine in ball-tampering scandal, Sunrisers showed tremendous fighting abilities and the very impressive win ratio is proof of that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While revenge maybe on RR's mind having lost the first leg game by nine wickets, the home team will need to play out of its skin to come out winners.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Batting mainstay Shikhar Dhawan will look to make merry, having missed out on the previous match against KXIP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A certain Kane Williamson is always an asset to any team while Manish Pandey's confidence has surely gone up after what proved to be a critical half-century against KXIP.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The likes of Deepak Hooda and Yusuf Pathan add depth to their batting.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The world's top-ranked T20 bowler, Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has led SRH's spin attack with some success, and they have the ever-reliable Bhuvneshwar Kumar to spearhead the pace department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rashid was outstanding against Kings XI, returning figures of three for 19 in four overs. The likes of Shakib-al-Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Siddaharth Kaul complete SRH's attack.</p>