Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals IPL Tips: Sunrisers have the edge in knockout clash

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Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals IPL team news

Sunrisers may consider themselves unfortunate to not be in the top two. Defeat by Gujarat in the run-in proved decisive. Or rather the manner of it. They suffered an 82-run beating and had they managed to be more competitive they may well have squeezed in ahead of Titans.

They are a settled team with each player confident in his role. Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have licence to hit while Heinrich Klaasen has been a middle-order rock.

Skip Pat Cummins has revolutionised their season. Since he came in they have not looked back and Sunrisers have produced consistent performances. Harshal Patel could sub in for Salil Arora for death expertise.

Possible XI: Abhishek, Head, Kishan, Klaasen, Reddy, Arora, Smaran, Cummins, Shivang, Malinga, Sakib

Rajasthan won back-to-back games for the first time since the start of April to book their play-off spot with a late charge. Since winning their first four they have looked a moderate team prone to batting disaster.

They have moved on from Shimron Hetmyer, now using Dasun Shanaka. Jofra Archer is increasingly important with the bat, hitting vital runs from No 7 last time against Mumbai Indians. They do bat deep, though, with Ravi Jadeja coming in at No 9 as an impact sub.

Nandre Burger is back in the pace department. He was part of the side that went off like a rocket. Overs from Shanaka and Yash Punja are likely to be targeted.

Possible XI: Jaiswal, Sooryavanshi, Jurel, Parag, Shanaka, Ferreira, Archer, Dubey (sub Jadeja), Burger, Yash, Brijesh

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals IPL pitch report

New Chandigarh has, historically, been one of the better wickets for bowlers hoping to keep things tight. It had the potential to hamstring Punjab this season. In the end they managed to do that themselves. An opening game first-innings of 162 by Gujarat suggested that trend would hold. But since the runs have flowed.

Sunrisers hit 219 to lose, Punjab's 254 downed Lucknow and then Royals chased 222 with ease. What we can be sure of is that with no match there since April 28, this will be a fresh wicket.

Sunrisers are the No 2-ranked team for batting strike rate so it is fair to reckon that they are the side to bust runs lines. The Betfair Sportsbook offers 5/61.84 that they bust 197.5. That could look very cheap indeed if they were to bat first.

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals IPL match prediction

Sunrisers are 4/51.80 with Sportsbook. They are a much bigger at 1.8810/11 on the Exchange and that looks like a wager...if they bat first.

Over the course of the league season Sunrisers have morphed into the better team. Finishing position, run rate and two wins on the head-to-head are three prime pieces of evidence.

They also outrank Royals on hitting power and are probably the one team who would be unperturbed by the firepower of Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi up front. They match-up well in that regard. Royals are the slightly more economical bowling team.

There is a slight advantage to batting first in night matches in IPL with seven wins from 12. The toss could well decide the game with the team batting first able to apply scoreboard pressure. Remember, there is no second chances for these sides so there could be nerves for a chaser going after a mammoth score. If the flip goes the way of SRH there could be a small cut in price.

If that is Royals we would expect there to be concerns about the middle- to lower-order getting the over the line. In-play Sunrisers could be in the game late on.

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals IPL player bets

Abhishek Sharma hit 74 on his last visit to this venue earlier in the season. He took 57 off Rajasthan in the previous head-to-head. He is fancied to have a decent game here and he will be charged with putting down a marker in the powerplay. That is exactly how he likes it. The 11/53.20 that he reaches 50 could be the way to go. Taking others out of the equation with milestone betting.

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