Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against table-leaders Rajasthan Royals at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad in the 50th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2024 on Thursday. While SRH has managed five wins in nine games, RR have been on a roll, winning eight out of their nine games.
We take a look at the head-to-head battle, Players to watch out for, and Squads of both teams in our match preview.
Rajasthan Royals: W W W W L
One of the key reasons behind Rajasthan Royals’ success is their collective effort with both bat and ball. Sanju Samson has led from the front and has done a fine job for the team. Furthermore, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, and Sandeep Sharma have shined with the ball.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L L W W W
SRH would be disappointed not to continue their good show in the last two games against RCB and CSK. However, the Orange Army has played well and they will look to continue their aggressive batting approach, which has paid them dividends.
Head to Head: Matches: 18, Won by RR: 9, Won by SRH: 9.
Players to watch out for: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult and Yuzvendra Chahal will hold the key for RR.
Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, and Travis Head will be the crucial players for SRH.
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.
RR SQUAD FOR IPL 2024
Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Abid Mushtaq, Nandre Burger.
