After four consecutive defeats, the Rajasthan Royals eventually broke the curse with an important victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2024 Eliminator. They will now try to extend their winning streak to the final to claim their second title. The next step for RR will be to defeat Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are in Qualifier 2 after losing their first playoff game against two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
SRH will look for redemption when they face a confident Sanju Samson-led Rajasthan in Qualifier 2. The knockout match will take place on Friday, May 24, at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s biggest weapon, an on-song batting lineup, surrendered early in front of Mitchell Starc and Varun Chakravarthy. The Australian bowler took three wickets for Kolkata Knight Riders, while Chakravarthy claimed two as SRH were bowled out for 159. With Shreyas Iyer leading from the front, KKR breezed through the chase, winning in the 14th over.
Rajasthan Royals, on the other hand, clinched the deal with an outstanding bowling performance. Ravichandran Ashwin had an efficient performance, picking up two wickets while conceding only 19 in four overs. He was assisted by Avesh Khan, who got three wickets. RCB scored a respectable 172. Rajasthan’s batting seemed weak. However, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, and Rovman Powell worked together to secure the maiden IPL title.
SRH VS RR Head To Head (Past 5 Matches)
2024 – SRH won by 1 run
2023 – SRH won by 4 wickets
2023 – RR won by 72 runs
2022 – RR won by 61 runs
2021 – SRH won by 7 wickets
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (c), Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, and T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Probable XI: Yashaswi Jaiswal, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Sanju Samson (C/Wk), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Kuldeep Sen.
SRH against RR Dream11 Prediction: Captain: Heinrich Klaasen.
Vice-captain: Pat Cummins.
Wicketkeepers: Heinrich Klaasen, Sanju Samson
Batters: Yashaswi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Travis Head, and Abhishek Sharma.
All-rounders include Pat Cummins, Rovman Powell, and Ravichandran Ashwin.
Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) whole 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, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathaved
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Full Squad: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (w/c), Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Tanush Kotian, Kuldeep Sen, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Shubham Dubey, Kunal Singh Rathore, Navdeep Saini.
