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Tezzbuzz|24-05-2024
In Qualifier-2 of IPL 2024, Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals today (May 24), Rajasthan defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the eliminator. This will be the last chance for both teams to enter the title race. The winner of this match between Hyderabad and Rajasthan will face Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final on Sunday.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nitish Reddy, Aidan Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Pat Cummins (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sanju Samson (wicketkeeper/captain), Rian Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Rajasthan team has decided not to make any changes in the playing XI for Qualifier-2 match.
Pat Cummins has made one change to the team. Aidan Markram is back in the playing XI.
Talking about the pitch at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium, the pitch here is spin friendly. Also, now the IPL is in its final stages and many matches have been played here. It is natural that the pitch will be slow in such conditions, but that does not mean that it will not produce runs. Here the average score of the first innings is 164 runs, while the average score of the second innings is 151 runs.
SRH and RR teams will face each other for the 20th time in IPL. Out of the 19 matches played so far, Rajasthan have won 9 and Hyderabad 10. In this season too, Hyderabad defeated Rajasthan by 1 run in a thrilling match. Apart from this, in the last 6 matches between Rajasthan and Hyderabad, both have won 3-3 matches. Overall, it has been a great fight between these two so far.
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