Today (April 25) in IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Royal Challengers Bengaluru – here is the predicted XI for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for SRH vs RCB.

SRH vs RCB, live score: Follow the live scorecard here

The match will begin at 7:30 pm IST.

SRH vs RCB: Toss updates

RCB won the toss and opted to bat.

SRH vs RCB: Playing XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan

Impact player subs: Umran Malik, Anmolpreet Singh, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Travis Head

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

Impact player subs: Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Swapnil Singh

SRH vs RCB: IPL 2024 team news

With 10 points from seven games, Sunrisers Hyderabad are at third place on the IPL 2024 points table. While tied on points with the Kolkata Knight Riders, they trail marginally on net run rate (KKR +1.206, SRH +0.914). The Lucknow Super Giants also have 10 points, but they have played a match more.

The Sunrisers have thrived on their power-hitting, which has been led by – but has not been restricted to – Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klaasen. Expect them to roll out a belter: their fast bowlers – Pat Cummins, T Natarajan, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar have all demonstrated the skills of how to restrict runs on flat surfaces.

The Royal Challengers Bengaluru (two points from eight games) have not been officially eliminated yet, but every defeat keeps pushing them further away from playoffs spots. They need a streak of wins to match their current run of six consecutive defeats to stay afloat.

Expect Glenn Maxwell to make a comeback and Karn Sharma to retain his place, but their bowling plans against this intimidating Hyderabad line-up are not very clear. It may not be a bad idea to open batting with the dangerous Will Jacks.

IPL 2024: Upcoming matches

KKR vs PBKS – 7:30 pm IST

IPL 2024: Yesterday’s IPL match

DC vs GT, Match 40 – DC won by 4 runs

SRH vs RCB: Prediction for today’s IPL match

A superior bowling attack and an excellent record at home will make RR favourites against MI.

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