Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 65th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. SRH is already out of the playoff race whereas it will be a must-win match for RCB.
After their huge win of 112 runs in their previous match against Rajasthan Royals, RCB were able to boost their Net Run Rate from -0.345 to +0.166, which has given a new ray of hope of qualifying for the playoffs. If the Faf du Plessis-led team wins their last two league stage matches, they will be more or less assured of the last four.
Once again, Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell delivered for RCB but the rest of the batters need to put their hand up in the crucial match against Orange Army. Moreover, Wayne Parnell was brilliant with the new ball for RCB against RR.
Meanwhile, SRH did well to restrict GT to 188 after the defending champions were looking all set to go past 215 runs at one stage. However, their batters floundered in the run-chase and Heinrich Klaasen was the lone warrior for his team with a 44-ball 64 run knock.
Match Prediction: Royal Challengers Bangalore will enter the contest as favorites against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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).
