Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad in the 41st match of the Indian Premier League 2024. Over the years in the IPL, SRH’s bowling has been their strong suit but in this edition, their formidable batting unit has sent shivers down the opposition’s spine.
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 W W W L
Sunrisers Hyderabad have ticked the right boxes in the ongoing season as their batters have been batting at their absolute best. The SRH batters have shown no mercy to the opposition and have posted big totals on the board.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: L L L L L
It has been a forgettable season for RCB as they have failed to come up with a collective effort. RCB’s bowling has been their Achilles Heel and they will need to quickly turn the tables to have any hopes of qualifying for the playoffs.
Head to Head: Matches: 24, Won by SRH: 13, Won by RCB: 10, Abandoned: 1.
Players to look out for: Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Washington Sundar, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Travis Head will be the crucial players for SRH.
Mohammed Siraj, Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Cameron Green, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell will hold the key for RCB.
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.
RCB FULL SQUAD IPL 2024
Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan.