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The 54th match of IPL 2022 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore is going to be yet another pickle of a game of this edition.
Both teams have done reasonably well so far in the tournament.
Moving ahead to the play-offs, this match will be crucial for both teams to perform well and carry their performances into the next round.
Form in last few matches
RCB bounces back into action after 3 crunching defeats and beat Chennai in their last game.
On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad will come into this match on the back of 3 consecutive losses and therefore a win here would do well to place them in the top 4 qualifying for the play-offs.
Both the Captains, Kohli and Willimason, stalwarts in their own game are somehow going through a rough patch in this season.
RCB who rode high on the back of Kohli’s single handed match winning knocks is missing his touch this season so far.
Kohli has the average of 21 in 11 games so far.
He looked to struggle against spin particularly this year.
Meanwhile, the ever dependable Williamson also has not done enough with the bat for his season this year.
Williamson has a worrying strike rate of 96 this season and his fluctuating form has been a huge concern for SRH camp.
The last encounter between these teams saw RCB bundled out for mere 68, a match RCB would definitely want to forget.
So this clash on Sunday might be an avenging opportunity for RCB.
Hero of that match, Marco Jansen was dropped recently by SRH after he went for plenty in a couple of matches.
Team News
RCB will heavily look towards its Captain Faf and former skipper Kohli to return to form and pave way for their campaign towards the play-offs.
Hyderabad on the other hand looked hot favourites to qualify for play-offs when they won 5 back to back matches early in the season.
But the 3 losses after that have made a dent into their progress.
SRH will also be missing Natarajan who was clinical for them in the death overs.
They have found a Trump Card in the form of Umran Malik but his expensive figures overshadow his fierce pace.
Match details
Venue: Wankhede Stadium Mumbai
Date: 8th May 2022
Time: 3:30 pm IST
Head to head past record
Both teams have played 21 matches against each other.
Sunrisers Hyderabad lead the charge in the past record with 12 wins while Royal Challengers Bangalore won 8 times. One match ended without a result.
Probable Playing 11 – Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis(C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
Probable Playing 11 – Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson(C), Abishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran(wk), Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Shreyas Gopal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, Umran Malik
Jeetbig Star bowler of the match:
Umran Malik
Jeetbig Star batsman of the match:
Faf du Plessis
Who will win?
It’s a tough call to choose winners for this match as both teams will be looking for a much needed win here to maximize their chances for play-offs.
Hyderabad have a better past record and given their massive win against RCB in their last encounter.
So they will definitely start off as favourites in Sunday’s game as well.
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