IPL Qualifier 2: Sunrisers Hyderabad Takes on Royals; Match Preview

After lot of flusters in the points table earlier in the league stage, finally the top 3 teams only have gone ahead after first Royal Challengers Bengaluru swept off in an easy defeat against Rajasthan Royals. Moving ahead, Royals will now face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the qualifier 2 of IPL 2024 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on 24th May 2024. The winner will then ahead play against Kolkata Knight Riders in the finals.

Rajasthan Royals will be relieved with their win against RCB after a loosing streak in the league stage towards business end. While Sunrisers Hyderabad after saving themselves from one chance against Kolkata Knight Riders will now have to buckle up for the final showdown. Taking a look at mixed performance put by SRH in the tournament Rajasthan will just have to hold their nerves on the field.

Taking both the teams to Chennai, even experts are unsure of how the pitch will react in between the match. The match will be played on the 7th wicket, which is a fresh one. Talking about head-to-head, SRH have a closer upside over Rajasthan Royals with SRH having 10 wins while RR with 9. The one game between these two sides this season ended in a final-ball thriller in favour of SRH.

Predictable Playing XI:

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Heinrich Klaasen, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan

Rajasthan Royals: Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal