Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will play the 28th match of the 11th season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2018) on 29th April 2018 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. This is the second encounter of both teas in this season; in the first match, Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Rajasthan Royals by 9 wickets in Hyderabad. A day game in Jaipur, the temperature will be as high as 43ºC. Players will have a tough time on the ground in Jaipur.
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Pitch Report
Jaipur pitch is hard and solid as the rock. A good batting wicket, the ball will come onto the bat nicely and will have nice carry through. Spinners will not get much help from the surface. Toss winning captain will mostly like to bat on this surface; 185+ will be a par score.
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Team News
Rajasthan Royals are in the 5th position on the points table with 6 points in 6 matches; 3 wins and 3 losses. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad are 2nd on the points table with 10 points in 7 matches; 5 wins and 2 losses.
Rajasthan Royals (RR) Team News
Rajasthan Royals will be playing after 6 days gap and are most likely to play with the players which played against Mumbai Indians.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Team News
Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling have been unaffected in absence of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Billy Stanlake. Bhuvneshwar is suffering from back injury and Billy Stanlake has been ruled out of the season remaining season due to fracture of the right-hand little finger.
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Head to Head
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have played 8 matches against each other, out of which Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have won four-four match each.
Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad have played only once against each other at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur in IPL 2017 which was won by Rajasthan Royals by 8 wickets.
Last time they met in IPL 2018 was on 9 April 2018 in Hyderabad which was won by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Check: SRH vs RR Head to Head: RR vs SRH Head to Head IPL Records
| Total | RR Won | SRH Won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In IPL | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| At Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur | 1 | 1 | 0 |
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Match Prediction
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Toss Prediction
The team winning toss will like to bowl first here but seeing weather, batting first will also not a bad option. In last 2 matches played here, the team batting second won both matches.
IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Score Prediction
In last 2 matches, 167 and 160 were chased down easily; 185+ will be a par score on this ground.
| Batting First | Predicted Score |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan Roylas | 175+ |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 180+ |
Our prediction for IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH Who will Win?
Sunrisers Hyderabad got two wins after two consecutive losses. Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling have to show that they can defend any total by defending 118 and 132 in last two matches. But Sunrisers batting will be a concern; the team would like to post a par score this time.
Rajasthan Royals are coming with a win against Mumbai Indians in their last match. Rajasthan Royals finally found right bowling combination after Jofra Archer joined the playing XI. Whereas Rajasthan Royals need run at the top order, a good opening partnership.
| Team | Batting First Winning % | Batting Second Winning % |
|---|---|---|
| Rajasthan Royals | 60% | 45% |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 55% | 40% |
In our prediction, Rajasthan Royals have a strong chance of winning this match.
Match Details: IPL 2018 Match 28 RR vs SRH
Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Date: 29th April, 2018
Time: 4:00 pm (IST)
Toss: Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first.
Playing XI for RR: Ajinkya Rahane(c), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Jos Buttler(w), Krishnappa Gowtham, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Mahipal Lomror.
Playing XI for SRH: Shikhar Dhawan, Kane Williamson (c), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Shakib Al Hasan, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Alexa Hales.