Melbourne Renegades will face the Hobart Hurricanes in the eighth match of the Big Bash League 2025-26. This article provides details about the Hobart Hurricanes' Playing 11 vs Melbourne Renegades for the eighth match of the tournament.

Hobart Hurricanes Playing XI vs Melbourne Renegades- BBL 2025-26, Match 8:

Openers: Mitchell Owen, Nikhil Chaudhary

Hobart Hurricanes would look to get back to winning ways after a loss in their second match of the BBL 2025-26 against the Melbourne Stars by putting on a strong performance against the Melbourne Renegades.

The defending champions got off to a winning start by getting the better of Sydney Thunder, but were outplayed by the Stars in the next game.

The Nathan Ellis-led side would back its batters to put on a strong performance as compared to what they did in the last match by scoring 158 runs for the loss of nine wickets, which was 10-15 runs less than what could have been a match-winning total.

The onus will be on the opening pair of Mitchell Owen and Nikhil Chaudhry to get the team off to a good start and lay a platform for the middle order batters, in addition to getting runs under their belt individually as well.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Rehan Ahmed, Ben McDermott, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Chris Jordan,Nathan Ellis (c), Rishad Hossain

As far as the middle order of the Hurricanes is concerned, it was powered by a timely half-century from the bat of Ben McDermott, who held one end after the team lost wickets early in the innings, and would hope to build on his innings in the next match.

Having said that, McDermott would hope for more significent contribution from the top three batters in the next match, which will allow him to play with more freedom.

Other than McDermott, Tim David and Matthre Wade, who tried their best to help the team reach a challenging total against the Melbourne Stars, would also hope to have a good outing with the bat.

The top five batters will have to come good for the Hobart Hurricanes to deliver a strong performance with the bat, which wasn't the case in the previous match.

Bowlers: Riley Meredith, Billy Stanlake

If we talk about the bowling lineup of Hobart Hurricanes, it is expected to feature the same individuals who took part in the game against the Melbourne Stars and will look to restrict the Melbourne Renegades to a manageable total.

The bowling attack of the Hurricanes includes names like Chris Jordan, captain Nathan Ellis, Rishad Hossain, Riley Meredith, and Billy Stanlake, all of whom are quite experienced when it comes to bowling in the T20 format of the game.

The fast bowling department of the team will be handled by Riley Meredith, Billy Stanlake, Chris Jordan, and Nathan Ellis.

The duo of Rehan Ahmed and Rishad Hossain will take care of the team's spin bowling side of things in the middle phase of the Renegades' batting innings during the game.