RR, the IPL 2008 champions, finished at ninth place last year and have a new captain in Riyan Parag, after Sanju Samson was traded to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Ravindra Jadeja, in turn, joined the franchise. The side also brought back Kumar Sangakkara as head coach after Rahul Dravid left the side.

“The strengths, this team has got a lot of depth this year. I think just before the season ended last year, we filled the remaining overseas slots as well. We had a really good draft. Also, I'm really, really proud of the team that they've built, and there's no reason why we shouldn't at least get to the playoffs this year,” said Archer in a pre-game chat with the broadcasters.

RR, the IPL 2008 champions, finished at ninth place last year and have a new captain in Riyan Parag, after Sanju Samson was traded to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Ravindra Jadeja, in turn, joined the franchise. The side also brought back Kumar Sangakkara as head coach after Rahul Dravid left the side.

“If you bowl your spell and you're trying to save runs, it's not gonna work because every team's got really good batters and then with the impact rule now as well, you've got an extra one coming, so I think you've just got to get wickets.