Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against Gujarat Titans in the 66th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. With a good Net Run Rate of +0.406, the Orange Army needs a win to secure their playoffs berth.
Like always, expect them to play aggressively from the get-go against GT. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: W L W L L
SRH have managed only two wins in their last five matches but they will be optimistic of sealing their last four place. Pat Cummins deserves a lot of credit for leading from the front whereas Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have been outstanding for the Orange Army.
Gujarat Titans: Abandoned W L L L
Gujarat Titans have failed to bring their best in the ongoing season and thus find themselves out of the playoffs race. GT could only manage five wins in 13 games and they will want to finish off their disappointing campaign on a high.
Head to Head: Matches: 4, Won by GT: 3, Won by SRH: 1.
Players to look out for: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Travis Head will be the crucial players for SRH.
Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Umesh Yadav, Sai Kishore, and David Miller will hold the key for GT.
SRH IPL 2024 FULL SQUAD
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins ©, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
Gujarat Titans Final Squad:
Shubman Gill (C), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma, Azmatullah Omarzai, Umesh Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Sushant Mishra, Kartik Tyagi, Manav Suthar, Spencer Johnson, Robin Minz.
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