It's the battle between 1st and 5th positioned team in the points table in the city of Hyderabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
The team has been really going on onslaughting the opposition with the bowlers in this year’s IPL. Captain Cummins motive to play aggressive brand of cricket at the start of the tournament has been well tormented by the team. The openers have been giving them blistering starts at the top and getting same sort of support from the middle order batters. They have lost last two matches while chasing the total. They have found a new star in local boy Nitish Reddy. The bowling department is also flaring up really well led by T Natarajan taking 13 wickets from 7 matches. They have almost all their bases covered and even though losing last 2 matches will not affect their morale deeply. They just need to step up their gameplay and make innings plan to chase the totals effectively.
Probable Playing 11:
Travis Head
Abhishek Sharma
Aiden Markram
Heinrich Klaasen (WK)
Abdul Samad
Nitish Kumar Reddy
Shahbaz Ahmed
Pat Cummins (C)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Mayank Markande
T Natarajan
Impact Players – J Unadkat, M Markande
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Rajasthan Royals:
The Table Toppers seem to be getting everything right in all the three departments of the game. Winning 8 of 9 matches have made their position for the playoffs almost confirmed with the certainty of finishing in Top 2 as well. Jurel's form was a part of concern but in the last match he too showed that he is back in the business. In the bowling department, Boult has made a habit of knocking up the wickets in the first over of the innings. Overall, the team is doing really great and just need to keep up the momentum going if they want to win this season. One of the areas where they will be looking to improve is the spin department where Ashwin’s form will be crucial to RR going forward in the tournament.
Probable Playing 11:
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Jos Buttler
Sanju Samson (C & WK)
Riyan Parag
Shimron Hetmyer
Dhruv Jurel
Ravichandran Ashwin
Trent Boult
Yuzvendra Chahal
Sandeep Sharma
Impact Players – A Khan, T Kotian
Pitch report: The pitch is as hard as rock surface which will allow ball to come onto bat beautifully. The dimension of the ground 63m and 66m square which again brings the run feast in the match.
Head-2-Head: Both teams have an equal win ratio against each other winning 9-9 out of 18 matches played between them.
Match details:
Time: 19:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Live Broadcast: Star Sports Network
Live Streaming: Jio Cinema app
Players to watch out for:
Abhishek Sharma:
The swashbuckling opener has gone all guns blazing this season. He has hit 27 sixes with high strike rate of 215 which is extremely impressive will be looking upto him to again deliver his best and utilize the powerplay effectively.
Trent Boult:
The left armer from NZ has made the tradition of taking wickets in the 1st over of the innings. Taking 10 wickets from 9 matches at SR of 19 he has again delivered for the RR. RR will be hopeful of him again taking that opening scalp and remove the dangerous duo of SRH Batting lineup.
Dream XI Team:
