#6 Rajasthan Royals

Probable Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rahul Tripathi, Steve Smith, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler (WK), Ben Stokes, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal, Jofra Archer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat.
World Cup backups: Royals might lose their best four overseas players and don't have convincing replacements. Oshane Thomas in place of Archer and Liam Livingstone in place of Stokes is the possible option that royals management might be mulling at. They could play an extra spinner in Ish Sodhi as he will be available for the entire duration.
#5 Sunrisers Hyderabad

Probable Playing XI: David Warner, Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Kane Williamson (C), Manish Pandey, Shakib Al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed.
World Cup Backups: SRH is the most balanced side with all bases covered even in their backups. Martin Guptill is a direct replacement for David Warner. Mohammad Nabi will replace Shakib. If Bhuvi and Khaleel are rested, then they could bring in Sandeep Sharma and Basil Thampi who are equally good as well.
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