Rajasthan Royals will play against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on May 7, 2023, at 7:30 pm. The two teams are coming after defeats in their previous games, as Rajasthan suffered a humiliating 9-wicket defeat against Gujarat Titans, whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad fell short of five runs against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Rajasthan, who have lost their previous two games, had a dismal outing against Gujarat Titans, as they tumbled for just 118 runs.
Jos Buttler’s form is the talk of the town, as the Englishman has not scored big runs in the last few games. Rajasthan Royals’ middle order have been underwhelming in the past few matches. Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag and others have faced criticism on social media.
In the bowling, RR are a good side, but they want support from every bowler, as often the fifth bowler gets hit for many runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the other hand, had a good game against Kolkata Knight Riders, where they dominated the game for the majority of the match, but in the end, their lower middle order let them down.
The bowlers are in fine form for the Sunrisers, and the coming game will see an interesting battle between two great bowling sides.
This article will shed light on RR vs SRH preview, pitch report, and playing XI.
Head-to-head
In IPL history, 17 matches have been played between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad, out of which 9 matches have been won by Rajasthan and 8 matches by Hyderabad.
Pitch report
The pitch of the Sawai Man Singh Stadium is considered very favourable for bowling. Here both pacers and spinners get help, due to which low-scoring matches are seen on this ground. The average IPL score at Jaipur’s stadium is 148 runs. However, the best score of IPL in this home ground of Rajasthan Royals is 197 runs.
Weather Report
It will be partly cloudy in Jaipur on Sunday. There, there is a 10 per cent chance of rain.
When, where and how to watch?
The match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad will be played from 7:30 PM. At the same time, the time of the toss has been fixed 30 minutes earlier i.e. at 7 o’clock. You can watch this match live on Star Sports Network in different languages. Apart from this, you can stream this match for free on the Jio Cinema app and website.
Possible playing XI
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal and Sandeep Sharma.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and Mayank Dagar.
Squad:
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldeep Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa, Jason Holder, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathour, Adam Zampa, KM Asif, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, Abdul PA and Joe Root.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanveer Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akil Hossain, Anmolpreet Singh, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Karthik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Aiden Markram, Marco Johnson, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqui, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid and Mayank Markande.
