IPL Match Today, SRH vs RCB: Who is going to win?

Sunrisers Hyderabad aims for another victory as they host Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2024 IPL season this Thursday, April 25. In their previous encounter earlier this season, SRH set a new IPL record by scoring 287 runs, the highest team total ever in the league.

The SRH batting lineup has been in spectacular form, and they are expected to challenge the RCB bowlers vigorously. On the other side, RCB, reeling from a narrow one-run defeat to Kolkata Knight Riders, are nearly out of playoff contention.

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While the odds are slim, RCB is not mathematically eliminated yet. They need to win all six remaining games to have a shot at the playoffs, depending on favorable outcomes in other matches and improving their net run rate to surpass other teams potentially finishing with 14 points.

Meanwhile, SRH has been displaying strong form, securing five wins in their first seven matches and emerging as serious contenders for the title this season.

SRH vs RCB Past Matches Highlights

2024 – SRH won by 25 runs

2023 – RCB won by 8 wickets

2022 – RCB won by 67 runs

2022 – SRH won by 9 wickets

2021 – SRH won by 4 runs

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Probable XI Team

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Probable XI Team

Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Cameron Green, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Siraj, Yash Dayal

SRH vs RCB Today’s Match Prediction:

Captain: Travis Head

Vice-Captain: Heinrich Klaasen

Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Dinesh Karthik

Batters: Virat Kohli, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma

All-rounders: Will Jacks, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed

Bowlers: Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Thangarasu Natarajan

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Full Squad:

Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Full Squad:

Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Tom Curran, Lockie Ferguson, Swapnil Singh, Saurav Chauhan