Indian Premier League 2020: Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals, Match No. 26

Match predictions

Winners Prediction: Sunrisers Hyderabad reached the third position in the table by defeating Kings XI Punjab. Whereas, Rajasthan Royals (RR) have lost four consecutive matches.  

Score Prediction: Dubai has been a good pitch to bat on and batsmen will score freely once they are set. Bowlers will look to use their variations and trouble the batsmen on this slow pitch. We can expect scores in the range of 170-190 runs in this match. 

Toss Prediction: Teams batting first has won 9 out of the 10 matches played here and pitch IX expected to slow down in the second innings of the match. 

Predicted Playing XI

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD: David Warner (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Rashid Khan, Siddharth Kaul/Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan 

RAJASTHAN ROYALS: Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson, Steve Smith (c), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Ben Stokes/Andrew Tye, Rahul Tewatia, Kartik Tyagi, Jofra Archer, Shreyas Gopal

MATCH FACTS

• SRH have 6 points from 6 matches while RR has just 4 points from 6 matches played so far.
• SRH have scored 160+ runs twice in the three matches in the venue.  
• SRH has a 6-5 win-loss record over the RR in the IPL history.

Players to Bet on:

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

1. Jonny Bairstow – Jonny Bairstow is the leading run scorer for SRH with 241 runs at a strike rate of 150+ so far. He has 3 fifties in the 6 matches he played so far. 
2. David Warner– Warner has scored two consecutive fifties in last two matches.  
3. Rashid Khan – Rashid has 3 wickets in the last match and he claimed the important wickets of Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh and Mohammad Shami. 

RAJASTHAN ROYALS

1. Jos Buttler – Buttler waged a lone battle scoring 70 runs off 44 balls with 4 boundaries and 5 sixes against MI. He will look to continue his good form with the bat in this match too.
2. Ben Stokes – Stokes might return to playing XI in this match subjected his quarantine period is over. We expect him to make a difference with the bat and ball in this match.
3. Ben Stokes – Stokes might return to playing XI in this match subjected his quarantine period is over. We expect him to make a difference with the bat and ball in this match.

DREAM XI Picks:

Wicket-Keeper: Jonny Bairstow (SRH), Jos Buttler (RR)

Batsmen: David Warner (SRH), Manish Pandey (SRH), Steve Smith (RR)

All-rounders: Ben Stokes (RR), Rahul Tewatia (RR), Abdul Samad (SRH)

Bowlers: Rashid Khan (SRH), Jofra Archer (RR), T Natarajan (SRH)

Captain: Jonny Bairstow (SRH), Steve Smith (RR)

Vice-Captain: Rashid Khan (SRH), Jofra Archer (RR)

SRH – Sunrises Hyderabad

RR– Rajasthan Royals

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