Today, in the 41st match of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Royal Challengers Bangalore. This match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, the home ground of Hyderabad, from 7.30 pm. The toss of this match will take place at 7 pm. Both the teams will face each other for the second time this season. In the last match played in Bengaluru, the home team had to face defeat by 25 runs. In this match, Hyderabad made the biggest score of IPL.
This will be Hyderabad's eighth match this season. The team is at third place in the points table with 10 points after 5 wins and 2 losses out of 7. On the other hand, this will be Bengaluru's ninth match. The team has won only 1 out of 8 matches, while it has faced defeat in 7. RCB is at the bottom of the table in 10th position with 2 points. If we talk about head to head here, Hyderabad team is dominant over Bangalore. A total of 24 IPL matches have been played between the two teams so far. Out of which Hyderabad won 13 and Bangalore won 10, while one match did not result.
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is known for its flat wicket. The pitch here is suitable for batting. Here the bowlers also get some help. So far 73 IPL matches have been played in this stadium, out of which 32 matches have been won by the team batting in the first innings and 41 matches have been won by the team chasing the target. The highest score at this ground is 277 runs, which Hyderabad made against Mumbai Indians in the same season.
Probable playing eleven for both the teams-
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (captain), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Mayank Markande.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (captain), Virat Kohli, Will Jacques, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mahpal Lemerour, Karan Sharma, Lucky Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj and Yash Dayal.