Today match prediction for SRH vs RCB: Royal Challengers Bangalore will play against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the sixth match of IPL 2021. RCB have made a stellar start to the season, having beaten defending champions in their first game on Friday. SRH, on the other hand, wouldn’t be too happy after suffering a defeat at the hands of KKR in their opening game.
Against a solid batting line up of Mumbai Indians, RCB bowlers bowled at the right areas and restricted them to 159 in 20 overs. Harshal Patel took a five-wicket haul, while other seamers too bowled pretty well. Given how they performed against MI, you don’t expect the Red Army to make any changes as far as the bowling department is concerned.
RCB’s leading run-scorer of last year, Devdutt Paddikal is likely to replace either Rajat Paditar or Shahbaz Ahmed in the playing eleven. Ab de Villiers played a match-winning 48-run knock in the last game to get his side over the line. Maxwell too looked good for his 28-ball 39. With the big players being amongst the runs, RC would be confident of chasing any total or post big totals if they bat first.
Jonny Bairstow’s good run with the bat would make it difficult for the side to include Williamson. Nabi’s all-around abilities make it important to play him at Chepauk as well. Therefore, it looks like SRH won’t be making any change for the big game against RCB. Though, you might see a change in SRH’s batting order. After witnessing Abdul Samad’s batting exploits in the final over, the fans are likely to see him bat higher up the order.
If not for Rashid Khan’s outstanding spell in the last game, Sunrisers Hyderabad could have easily conceded 40-50 additional runs to the total. Going ahead, the team would expect the other bowlers to dish out better performances.
In SRH vs RCB match prediction, let’s look into some important stats from teams and the players from both sides:
1. RCB and SRH have played against each other on 18 occasions in IPL. SRH have beaten RCB 10 times, while RCB have emerged victorious on 8 occasions.
2. In IPL 2020, both teams squared against each other thrice. SRH and RCB won one game apiece in the league stage. David Warner and Co. then beat RCB in eliminator 1.
3. David Warner has scored the most runs for SRH against RCB. He has a record 700 runs to his name at an average of 43.75
4. Sandeep Sharma has picked 23 wickets against RCB at an average of 18.21.
5. Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for RCB against SRH. He has 531 runs to his name at an average of 37.92.
SRH Playing 11 (likely)
David Warner (C), Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, Abdul Samad, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi/Mujeeb ur Rehman, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Sandeep Sharma.
RCB Playing 11 (likely)
Virat Kohli (C), Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Daniel Christian, Washington Sundar, Harshal Patel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kyle Jamieson, Mohammed Siraj and Yuzvendra Chahal
Form Guide: Last 5 matches
Both sides look strong on paper. Both sides have played one match apiece at Chepauk. Despite RCB winning their last game, both sides have an equal chance of winning the game on Wednesday.
Today IPL Match Score:
The team batting first is likely to score anything between 160 and 180.
Today IPL Pitch Report:
The pitch at Chepauk has a history of helping spinners. This year too, spinners have found a lot of purchase from the surface. There isn’t much swing on offer. The bowlers should bowl the hard length to find success here. Both teams would want to bowl first after winning the toss.
Where to watch IPL live score and stream:
All the games of IPL 2021 will be telecasted on the Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 3 and Star Sports 3 HD channels. The live streaming will be available on Disney + Hotstar and Jio TV.
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