SRH vs RR qualifier 2 will be played in Chennai on Friday (Image Credit:- X)
Sunrises Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will face each other in qualifier 2 at Chennai. The winning team will qualify for the IPL 2024 title clash against KKR on Sunday (May 26th).
The last time when SRH and RR met each other in league stage of the tournament SRH beat RR by 1 run in last ball thriller.
SRH lost to KKR in qualifier 1 and RR beat RCB in Eliminator after 4 consecutive defeats to reach qualifier 2.
SRH openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma’s destructive batting set the momentum for them in most games this year. In bowling they depends hugely on Natarajan , Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Pat Cummins.
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Travis Head’s back to back failures will be a cause of worry for SRH. In both occasion left arm pacer dismissed him for 0. RR have top class left arm pacer in Trent Boult.
Rajasthan Royals also have a very strong batting line up along with world class spinners in Ashwin and Chahal. Riyan Parag impressive form this season strengthens RR middle order.
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The condition is going to be hot and humid. The chasing team won 5 out of 7 games played here this season. So teams prefer to bowl first with dew expected in second innings.
SRH Probable XII:- Travis Head , Abhishek Sharma , Rahul Tripathi , Aiden Makram , Nithish Kumar Reddy , Heinrich Klaasen(wk) , Abdul Samad , Shahbaz Ahmed , Pat Cummins(c) , Bhuvneshwar Kumar , Thangarasu Natarajan , Mayank Markande.
RR Probable XII:- Yashasvi Jaiswal , Tom Kohler-Cadmore , Sanju Samson (c & wk) , Riyan Parag , Dhruv Jurel , Shimron Hetymer , Rovman Powell , Ravichandran Ashwin , Trent Boult , Avesh Khan , Sandeep Sharma , Yuzvendra Chahal.