Today (May 18) in IPL 2023, Sunrisers Hyderabad will host Royal Challengers Bangalore in Hyderabad – here are the predicted XIs for the match, team news and today’s IPL match prediction for SRH v RCB.
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The match will begin at 7.30pm IST. See if it is available on the 50+ free sport streaming sites listed here.
SRH vs RCB: IPL 2023 team news
With 12 points from 12 matches, the Royal Challengers are two points behind fourth-placed Mumbai Indians. A win here will boost their Playoffs chances (their net run rate of +0.166 is superior to Mumbai’s -0.128).
They will still have a chance if they lose, but three other teams – Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings – are also on 12 points apiece.
The Sunrisers, on the other hand, are last on the points table, though a win will help them leapfrog Delhi Capitals into the ninth place. Both teams are, of course, out of the race for the playoffs.
This will be Bangalore’s fifth consecutive match away from home. Both teams have every cricketer at their disposal, so it will be a contest between two full-strength sides.
IPL 2023: Tomorrow’s matches
PBKS v RR – 7.30 pm IST
IPL 2023: Yesterday’s match
DC v PBKS – Delhi Capitals won by 15 runs
SRH v RCB: Predicted XIs for today’s IPL matches
SRH XI: Anmolpreet Singh, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayan Markande, T Natarajan.
RCB XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Anuj Rawat (wk), Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj.
SRH v RCB: IPL prediction for today’s match 65
Despite this being Hyderabad’s home match, the in-form Bangalore will take field as favourites.
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