Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) take on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a high-stakes IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday, May 24. The victor of this clash will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final at Chepauk on May 26.
Hyderabad faced a setback in Qualifier 1, succumbing to an eight-wicket loss against the Knight Riders at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. SRH could only muster 159 runs, which KKR chased down comfortably in just 13.4 overs.
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals ended Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s six-match winning streak by clinching a four-wicket victory in the Eliminator in Ahmedabad. RR’s bowlers restricted RCB to 172-8, and their batsmen chased the target in 19 overs.
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Today’s SRH vs RR Toss Result
RR won the toss and opted to bowl first. Captain Sanju Samson remarked:
“We want to bowl first looking at the conditions and what Chepauk actually offers in the second half.”
Rajasthan is fielding an unchanged team, while Jaydev Unadkat and Aiden Markram return for Hyderabad.
SRH vs RR – Today’s Match Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (c), Jaydev Unadkat, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan.
Hyderabad Subs: Umran Malik, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Markande, Shahbaz Ahmed.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Subs: Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Donovan Ferreira, Kuldeep Sen, Shimron Hetmyer.
Today’s SRH vs RR Pitch Report
Matthew Hayden described the pitch as extremely hard with black clay, suggesting it will hold together well. He anticipates some bounce for the seamers but minimal turn for the spinners. He predicted it to be a 175-180 run wicket.
Today’s SRH vs RR Match Players List
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sanvir Singh, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips, Washington Sundar, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Markande, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Agarwal, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Akash Maharaj Singh.
Rajasthan Royals Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Nandre Burger, Shubham Dubey, Tanush Kotian, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Navdeep Saini, Keshav Maharaj, Kuldeep Sen.
SRH vs RR – Today’s Match Umpires
On-field Umpires: Nitin Menon, Virender Sharma.
TV Umpire: Michael Gough.
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath.
Get ready for an electrifying encounter as both teams vie for a spot in the grand finale!