Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 65th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. It will be a dead rubber for SRH whereas RCB’s hopes of advancing to the playoffs will rest on this fixture.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form for SRH: L L W L W
Sunrisers Hyderabad have failed to come up with a collective batting performance and thus find themselves out of contention for the playoffs. However, the Orange Army will want to end their disappointing season on a high by winning their last two games.
Current form for RCB: W L L W L
RCB received a huge boost to their playoffs chances after their 112-run win in their previous match against RR. Glenn Maxwell and Faf du Plessis once again delivered for the team whereas RCB bowlers were right on the money to skittle out the opposition at 59 runs.
Head to Head: Matches: 22, Won by SRH: 12, Won by RCB: 9, Abandoned: 1.
SRH holds a slight advantage in the H2H battle against RCB.
Players to watch out for: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the crucial players for SRH.
Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mohammad Siraj, and Dinesh Karthik will hold the key for RCB.
RCB IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik.
Batters: Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks (ENG).
All-rounders: Kedar Jadhav, Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Shahbaz Ahmed, Sonu Yadav, Manoj Bhandage.
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Avinash Singh, Rajan Kumar, Himanshu Sharma.
SRH IPL 2023 SQUAD
Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Upendra Singh Yadav, Heinrich Klaasen (SA).
Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook (ENG).
All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.
Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Akeal Hosein (WI), Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid (ENG).
