Rajasthan Royals were just handed a 9-wicket drubbing by defending champions but are still holding the last playoff spot with 10 points. Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, lost a crucial game against Kolkata Knight Riders and at six points, they need to win all their remaining group games in order to reach the playoffs.
RR vs SRH injury update and key players
RR injury update There are no reports of injury from Rajasthan Royals ahead of Sunday’s match.
RR key players Rajasthan Royals suffered a batting collapse in the last game but likes of Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal and Sanju Samson are in good form. Jos Buttler’s form, however, is on a decline while Dhruv Jurel has become crucial down the order with Shimron Hetmyer misfiring off late.
Among bowlers, R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal are the leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets each but the latter has struggled to be among wickets after a strong start to the season. Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma are bowling well but the lack of wickets is telling.
Out of form Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag are out of form with the bat while Jason Holder has lost his place in the line-up after a poor bowling show.
SRH injury update Sunrisers are yet to name a replacement for Washington Sundar. There are fresh injury concerns reported from the side.
SRH key players Heinrich Klaasen has been the most inform batter in the team with a string of good performances while the rest of the Sunriser’s batting has struggled to show consistency. Aiden Markram returned to form in the last game with a 40-odd knock after a slump in performance while Abhishek Sharma has recently scored a fluent half-century.
SRH bowlers have a steady bowling line-up with Marco Jansen, and Mayank Markande have been the strike bowlers with eight and 11 wickets respectively. T Natarajan has picked wickets in all of his last five games, including two in the last game. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has picked four wickets in the last three games but hasn’t been the leading face as he was expected to be.
Out of form Harry Brooks’s bat went silent since he scored a century against KKR at the Eden Gardens. Rahul Tripathi’s lean batting patch continues too as he hasn’t scored many runs in the last five games. Umran Malik has the pace but has struggled to contain runs.
RR vs SRH predicted playing 11 and impact sub options
RR predicted playing 11 Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Adam Zampa, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal
RR impact sub options Dhruv Jurel is often used as impact substitute in place of extra bowlers in the line-up in Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini among others.
RR bench Donavon Ferreira, Murugan Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Kuldip Yadav, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa, Joe Root, Navdeep Saini, Akash Vasisht, KC Cariappa, Obed McCoy, KM Asif, Abdul Basith, Kunal Singh Rathore, Jason Holder
SRH predicted playing 11 Atharva Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Harry Brook, Abdul Samad, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen
SRH impact sub options Abhishek Sharma and T Natarajan are often used as impact substitutes.
SRH bench Marco Akeal Hossein, Vivrant Sharma, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Dagar, T Natarajan, Adil Rashid, Samarth Vyas, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Kartik Tyagi, Sanvir Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nitish Reddy
RR vs SRH pitch report
The Sawai Mansingh Stadium has been known to produce some competitive wickets in the IPL, but not many matches have been high-scoring at the venue with the average score batting first in IPL being 158. Dew also will be a factor in the second part of the match.
The IPL record at the venue shows that teams batting second have had the most success, but the recent games, including RR’s defeat to LSG and CSK’s loss to the Royals, have seen teams defending win the match. However, RR’s loss to GT saw the team chase win the match.
RR vs SRH Dream11 prediction
RR vs SRH dream11 predicted lineup 1
Wicket-keeper: S Samson, H Klaasen
Batter: Y Jaiswal, A Sharma, D Padikkal, D Jurel
All-rounder: R Ashwin, A Markram, M Jansen
Bowler: T Natarajan, M Markande
RR vs SRH Dream11 predicted lineup 2
Wicket-keeper: S Samson, H Klaasen, J Buttler
Batter: Y Jaiswal, A Sharma, D Padikkal
All-rounder: R Ashwin, A Markram, M Jansen
Bowler: S Sharma, M Markande
Captain & vice captain options Y Jaiswal and H Klaasen are in the best of form with the bat while R Ashwin has been picking wickets off late.
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