Match particulars
Sunrisers Hyderabad (third) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (10th)
Hyderabad, 1930 IST (1400 GMT)
Big Picture
Form Guide
Royal Challengers Bengaluru LLLLL ((final 5 matches, most up-to-date first)
Sunrisers Hyderabad LWWWW
Previous assembly
Sunrisers bested RCB on a night that produced the best IPL complete and the best match combination in all T20s. They posted a file 287 for Three on the again of Head’s 102 and Klaasen’s 31-ball 67. RCB then completed on 262 for 7, Dinesh Karthik main the way in which with 83 off 35 balls as they ultimately fell 25 runs brief on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Team information and affect participant technique
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers are unlikely to alter their XI barring any harm concern. Head has been the participant subbed out after they have batted first and subbed in whereas chasing. In their final recreation, towards Capitals, they introduced in Washington Sundar because the Impact Player.
Sunrisers Hyderabad XII: 1 Travis Head, 2 Abhishek Sharma, 3 Aiden Markram, 4 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 5 Abdul Samad, 6 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 11 Mayank Markande, 12 T Natarajan
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB introduced again Mohammed Siraj, Cameron Green and Karn Sharma for the earlier match in place of Vyshak Vijaykumar, Greece Topley and Saurav Chauhan. If Maxwell is sweet to go, he may slot in for Green. They acquired Suyash Prabhudessai in because the Impact sub in their second innings, swapping out Yash Dayal.
RCB XII: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Faf du Plessis (capt), 3 Will Jacks, 4 Rajat Patidar, 5 Cameron Green/ Glenn Maxwell, 6 Suyash Prabhudessai, 7 Mahipal Lomror, 8 Dinesh Karthik (wk), 9 Karn Sharma 9 Lockie Ferguson, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Yash Dayal/ Vyshak Vijaykumar
In the highlight
Abhishek Sharma has been banging the door right down to India’s T20 World Cup workforce. His explosive begins have been essential in Sunrisers establishing huge totals, his strike price of 215.96 the second-best for a batter who’s confronted over 100 balls this season. He’s scored 257 in seven matches to this point, however has just one half-century. He will likely be eager on changing his begins and placing up large scores to strengthen his case.
Pitch and situations
Stats that matter
Quotes
“I think the quality of Travis and Abhishek at the top and their their fearless attitude [has been the reason for aggressive batting style]. And I think once the openers do it, it’s pretty contagious. So those two in particular have been fantastic and then we’ve had some players have been really complementary to that style.”
Sunrisers head coach Daniel Vettori on the workforce’s batting method this season
“I think as a batting group, we may have lost the last two games but we scored 262 in a tough chase and then the other night 220 again. We know we’ve got the high scores in us. We’ve been playing with the freedom of chasing a high score. You know you have no option but to go after. We’ll be looking to continue that and play with the same freedom as if we were chasing a 220-plus score.”
RCB’s Will Jacks backs his aspect’s batting unit
Sruthi Ravindranath is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo