Ajinkya Rahane and Kane Williamson

Like an adolescent entering adulthood, Sunrisers Hyderabad will finally have their chance to step into the real world without their suspended captain David Warner when they take on Rajasthan Royals at home. However, they could find solace in the fact that Rajasthan's skipper Steve Smith was a casualty of the same sandpaper gate scandal in Cape Town. Replacing Warner and Smith will be Kane Williamson and Ajinkya Rahane, both astute leaders in their own right but neither your archetypal T20 power-hitter. Their strike-rates will be under the scanner as much as their captaincy.