Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals in the 21st match of IPL 2026 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad, on Monday. While SRH have managed a solitary win out of their four games, RR have won all of their four games, and they are at the top of the points table.
The inaugural champions have ticked the right boxes with both bat and ball. Their openers – Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Suryavanshi – have taken the opposition bowlers to the cleaners, and they have made the most of the Powerplay overs.
Suryavanshi, the 15-year-old wonder boy, has stunned everyone with his impressive strokeplay and scored a stunning knock of 78 runs off just 24 balls in the last game against RCB. Furthermore, Dhruv Jurel has delivered the goods for RR while batting at one drop.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad have done a decent job with the bat but their bowling has not been able to stand tall. The Orange Army has certainly missed the services of their full-time skipper, Pat Cummins and the inexperience in the bowling has been palpable.
Abhishek Sharma scored a blistering knock against the Punjab Kings in the last game, and he would once again hold the key against RR.
Head to Head: Matches: 21, Won by SRH: 12, Won by RR: 9.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Donovan Ferreira, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Sandeep Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Brijesh Sharma, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Ravi Singh, Shubham Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Adam Milne, Dasun Shanaka, Kuldeep Sen, Sushant Mishra, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Kwena Maphaka, Vignesh Puthur, Aman Rao Perala
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan(w/c), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, Jaydev Unadkat, Liam Livingstone, Shivam Mavi, Praful Hinge, Kamindu Mendis, David Payne, Zeeshan Ansari, Brydon Carse, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar
