Pat Cummins’ SRH will be desperate to get back on track in the Indian Premier League after losing stream in the last two matches against RCB and CSK. SRH have been found wanting in the two matches with sluggish tracks as they failed to get even close to the target in the second innings of the game. Hyderabad will hope to give them the best shot of reaching the playoffs by winning the home fixture against tough-to-beat RR side who are at the top of the table.
RR are a fairly well rounded team with an exceptional bowling attack, which is expected to challenge the power of the SRH batting. Openers Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head need to get back to their best so that they can tee off Heinrich Klaasen in the middle overs of the game.
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RR would be buoyed by the selection of captain Sanju Samson, opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and spinner Yuzvendra Chahal in the T20 World Cup squad and would hope to take inspiration from there. Not like they need it as the side has won 8 out of their 9 matches so far.
Focus will be on the SRH batters and their form, if they are able to break their slump and go about their usual ways.
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SRH vs RR: Head-to-Head
SRH and RR have faced 18 times in the Indian Premier League and the spoilers are shared at the moment at 9-9. In recent history, RR have a narrow lead of 3-2 in the tournament and SRH would like to level that.
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SRH vs RR: Team News
Both teams do not have any injuries concern at the moment and one can expect it to be a shootout between the batters. Hyderabad have lost back to back matches in sticky pitches so far, and they would like to change that trend. The best way they can do it is by preparing a flat batting track where their famous line-up can take the attack on the opposition.
SRH vs RR: Pitch Report
The Hyderabad pitch has helped the batters and slightly – the spinners so far. This one is expected to be a flat batting track which would help the SRH batting line-up to get things back on track once again.
SRH vs RR: Predicted XI
SRH Predicted XI
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan.
Impact Player: Mayank Markande
RR Predicted XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c&wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Impact Player: Rovman Powell
Published By:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published On:
May 2, 2024
