MATCH NO – 50th Match
SERIES – Indian Premier Leagues – 2024
DATE – 02nd May, 2024
TIME – 07:30 PM IST
VENUE – Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
INTRODUCTION
The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India, contested during the months of March and May every year. It was founded by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007 and is considered one of the most prestigious and popular cricket leagues in the world.
The IPL features franchise teams representing different cities and regions of India. Each team is composed of a mix of domestic and international cricketers, and they compete in a round-robin group stage followed by knockout playoffs to determine the champion. The league has seen significant growth in terms of viewership, sponsorship, and revenue since its inception.
Apart from its cricketing significance, the IPL has also become a cultural phenomenon, attracting celebrities, business tycoons, and fans from all walks of life. It has revolutionised the sport by introducing innovative concepts like player auctions, strategic timeouts, and cheerleaders, which have added to its entertainment value.
However, the IPL has also faced controversies over the years, including allegations of match-fixing, corruption, and conflicts of interest. Despite these challenges, the league continues to thrive and remains a major event in the global cricket calendar, showcasing top talent and providing a platform for emerging players to shine.
Indian Premier League 2024 has started from 22nd March.50th match of Indian Premier League will be played between one of the popular teams of IPL, and one time trophy winner Sunrisers Hyderabad & One of the most successful and 1 time IPL Trophy Winner Rajasthan Royals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 50th match played between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this Season Rajasthan Royals have won 8 matches and lost 1 out of 9 matches and 1st position in the points table. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won 5 matches and lost 4 matches out of 9 matches and are fourth position in the points table.
Last time when both teams Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad played between each other, Rajasthan Royals scored 214 runs and Sunrisers Hyderabad chased this massive total and won the match by 4 wickets.
PITCH REPORT
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, commonly known as the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, is a cricket stadium located in Uppal, Hyderabad, India. It is named after the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. The stadium is owned by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) and has a seating capacity of around 55,000 spectators.
The stadium has hosted numerous international and domestic cricket matches since its inauguration in 2003. It is the home ground for the Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The stadium is well-equipped with modern facilities, including floodlights for day-night matches, practice facilities, and media amenities.
The pitch at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium is known for being bowlers-friendly, particularly as a match progresses. In the initial overs, the pitch tends to be good for batting, offering decent pace and bounce for stroke-making. However, as the game progresses, the surface tends to slow down, and the spinners come into play more prominently. The spinners, both finger spinners and wrist spinners, often find assistance from the surface due to its dryness and rough patches.
Batsmen need to be watchful against spinners and be prepared to rotate the strike rather than going for aggressive shots. Building partnerships and pacing the innings become crucial on this pitch. Fast bowlers also have a role to play, especially in the initial overs when the ball may seam and swing a bit. However, their effectiveness usually decreases as the match progresses.
Overall, the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium pitch is known to produce competitive matches, providing opportunities for both batsmen and bowlers. It often rewards skillful spin bowling and strategic batting, making it a fascinating venue for cricket enthusiasts.
GROUND STATS (IPL)
| TOTAL MATCH | 74 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 165+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 34 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 39 |
| NO RESULT | 01 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 35 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 11 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 12 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 16 |
BOWLERS STATS ON RAJIV GANDHI STADIUM (IPL)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 74
PACER WICKETS – 411
SPINNER WICKETS – 187.
SRH TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS
- Sunrisers Hyderabad team performed very well and scored 3 times 250+ scores out of 9 matches in this season and won only 5 matches out of 9 and fourth position in the points table.
- Last match played between Rajasthan Royals & Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad chased a massive score of 214 runs and won the match by 4 wickets.
- Heinrich Klaasen scored 295 runs in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Abhishek Sharma has scored 303 runs in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Travis Head has scored 338 runs in 8 innings with 42+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Pat Cummins has taken 10 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- T. Natarajan has taken 13 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Mayank Markande has taken 8 wickets in 7 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Hyderabad team failed to chase a total of 212 runs and lost the match by 78 runs against Chennai Super Kings.
- Aiden Markram scored 32 runs, Abhisek Sharma Scored 15 runs,Klaasen scored 20 runs in the previous match against Gujarat Titans.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan & Jaydev Unadcut took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Chennai Super Kings.
- Both teams played 18 matches and Sunrisers Hyderabad team won 9 matches and lost 9 matches against Rajasthan Royals.
SQUADS
Batting – Mayank Agrawal, Rahul Tripathi, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet SIngh, Abdul Samd, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Upendra Kuamr (wk).
Bowling – Pat Cummins ©, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Jaydev Uandkat, Mayank markande, Jhatvedha Subramanyam, Nitish Reddy, Fazalhar Farooqi, Umran Malik, Akash Maharaj Singh.
All Rounder – Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahemd, Wanindu Hasaranga, Abhisek Sharma, Marco Janse, Sanvir Singh.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Travis Head, Abhisek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Jaydev Unadcut, Pat Cummins ©, Bhuvneshwar kumar, Mayank Markande.
Substitutes -: T. Natarajan, Glenn Phillips, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Travis Head | 13r, 1r, 89r, 102r, 21r. |
| Abhisek Sharma | 15r, 31r, 46r, 34r, 16r. |
| Aiden Markram | 32r, 7r, 1r, 32r, 0r. |
| Nitish Reddy | 15+0W, 13r, 37+2W, 64+1W, 14r. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 20r, 7r, 15r, 67r, 9r. |
| Abdul Samad | 19r, 10r, 13r, 37r, 25r. |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 7+0W, 40+0W, 59+0W, 14+0W, 18+1W. |
| Pat Cummins | 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 1W. |
| Bhuvnehswar Kumar | 1W, 0W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Mayank Markande | 1W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 1W. |
| Jaydev Unadcut | 1W, 3W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| T. Natarajan | 1W, 2W, 4W, 1W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON RAJIV GANDHI STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Travis Head | 4 INNINGS – 124 RUNS. |
| Abhisek Sharma | 11 INNINGS – 171 RUNS. |
| Aiden Markram | 9 INNINGS – 248 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Nitish Reddy | 3 INNINGS – 27 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 8 INNINGS – 351 RUNS – 59 AVG. |
| Abdul Samad | 5 INNINGS – 109 RUNS. |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 4 INNINGS – 58 RUNS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Pat Cummins | 4 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| Bhuvnehswar Kumar | 46 INNINGS – 43 WICKETS. |
| Mayank Markande | 9 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Jaydev Unadcut | 8 INNINGS – 17 WICKETS. |
| T. Natarajan | 9 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS, |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS RR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS RR |
| Travis Head | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Abhisek Sharma | 55r, 0r, 9r, 21r. |
| Aiden Markram | 6r, 57r, 26r. |
| Nitish Reddy | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 26r, 6r. |
| Abdul Samad | 17r, 32r, 4r, 10r. |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 2r, 12+0W, 17+0W, 45r, 2W. |
| Pat Cummins | 1W, 0W, 15+4W, 14+1W. |
| Bhuvnehswar Kumar | 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Mayank Markande | 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Jaydev Unadcut | 0W, 0W, 0W, 1W, 3W. |
| T. Natarajan | 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS RR (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS RR |
| Travis Head | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Abhisek Sharma | 4 INNINGS – 88 RUNS. |
| Aiden Markram | 3 INNINGS – 89 RUNS. |
| Nitish Reddy | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 2 INNINGS – 32 RUNS. |
| Abdul Samad | 4 INNINGS – 63 RUNS. |
| Shahbaz Ahmed | 6 INNINGS – 76 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Pat Cummins | 4 INNINGS – 37 RUNS – 6 WICKETS. |
| Bhuvnehswar Kumar | 16 INNINGS – 15 WICKET. |
| Mayank Markande | 4 INNINGS – 0 WICKET. |
| Jaydev Unadcut | 5 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
| T. Natarajan | 5 INNINGS -4 WICKETS. |
RR TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
KEY POINTS
- Rajasthan Royals team performed really well in this season.They have won 8 matches and lost only 1 match out of 9 and are the table topper in the points table.
- Last match played between Rajasthan Royals & Sunriser Hyderabad, Rajasthan Royals failed to defend a total of 214 runs and lost the match by 4 wickets.
- Riyan Parag has scored 332 runs in just 8 innings with a 55+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Sanju Samson has scored 385 runs in 9 innings with a 77+ average in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Jos Buttler has scored 319 runs in 8 innings with 53+ average and also scored 2 centuries in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 249 runs in 9 innings with a help of 1 century in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Trent Boult has taken 10 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Avesh Khan has taken 9 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 13 wickets in 9 innings in this season of Indian Premier League.
- In the last match Rajasthan Royals team successfully chased a good total of 196 runs and won the match by 7 wickets against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Sanju Samson scored 71 runs in just 33 balls and Dhruv Jurel scored 52 runs in the previous match against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Jos Buttler scored 37 runs and Yashashvi Jaiswal scored 24 runs in the previous match against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Sandeep Sharma took 2 wickets, Ravi Ashwin, Avesh Khan & Trent Boult, took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Lucknow SuperGiants.
- Both teams played 18 matches and Rajasthan Royals won 9 matches and lost 9 matches against Sunriser Hyderabad.
SQUADS
Batting – Jos Buttler (wk), Sanju Samson ©, (wk), Dhruv Jurel (wk), Donavan Ferreira (wk), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (wk), Shubman Dubey, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaislwal, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore.
Bowling – Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Sen, Abid Mustaq.
All Rounder – Riyan Parag, Ravi Ashwin, Tabus Kotian.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson © (wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Ravi Ahswin, Dhruv Jurel, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma.
Substitutes -: Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, Rovman Powell, Kuldeep Sen, Shubam Dubey.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 24r, 104r, 19r, 39r, 24r. |
| Jos Buttler | 34r, 35r, 107r, 8r, 100r. |
| Sanju Samson | 71r, 38r, 12r, 18r, 68r. |
| Riyan Parag | 14r, 34r, 23r, 76r, 4r. |
| Rovman Powell | 26r, 11r, 2r, 12r, 30r. |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 0r, 27r, 13r, 11r, 14r. |
| Dhruv Jurel | 52r, 2r, 6r, 2r, 20r. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Trent Boult | 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Avesh Khan | 1W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 1W. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 2W, 5W, 0W, 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON RAJIV GANDHI STADIUM (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 1 INNING – 54 RUNS. |
| Jos Buttler | 4 INNINGS – 76 RUNS. |
| Sanju Samson | 6 INNINGS – 287 RUNS – 72 AVERAGE. |
| Riyan Parag | 1 INNING – 7 RUNS. |
| Rovman Powell | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 2 INNINGS – 31 RUNS. |
| Dhruv Jurel | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 5 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Trent Boult | 4 INNINGS – 3 WICKETS. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 6 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Avesh Khan | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 16 INNINGS – 15 WICKETS. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS SRH (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS SRH |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 35r, 54r, 20r, 36r, 12r. |
| Jos Buttler | 95r, 54r, 35r, 124r, 9r. |
| Sanju Samson | 66r, 55r, 55r, 82r, 48r. |
| Riyan Parag | 7r, 12r, 0r, 15r, 20r. |
| Rovman Powell | 67r. |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 7r, 22r, 32r, 1r, 42r. |
| Dhruv Jurel | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Trent Boult | 2W, 2W, 1W, 3W, 2W. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 4W, 4W, 3W, 1W, 0W. |
| Avesh Khan | 1W, 4W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 0W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS SRH (IPL)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS SRH |
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 5 INNINGS – 157 RUNS. |
| Jos Buttler | 12 INNINGS – 381 RUNS. |
| Sanju Samson | 21 INNINGS – 791 RUNS – 49.3AVG. |
| Riyan Parag | 6 INNINGS – 96 RUNS. |
| Rovman Powell | 1 INNING – 67 RUNS. |
| Shimron Hetmyer | 9 INNINGS – 225 RUNS. |
| Dhruv Jurel | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Ravi Ashwin | 18 INNINGS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Trent Boult | 10 INNINGS – 13 WICKETS. |
| Yuzvendra Chahal | 19 INNINGS – 28 WICKETS. |
| Avesh Khan | 5 INNINGS – 8 WICKETS. |
| Sandeep Sharma | 9 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 18
- SRH WIN – 09
- RR WIN – 09
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – H. Klaasen, S. Samson, J. Buttler.
BATSMEN – T. Head, A. Sharma, Y. Jaiswal.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Markram, R. parag.
BOWLERS – Y. Chahal, T. Boult, T. Natarajan.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – H. Klaasen, S. Samson, J. Buttler.
BATSMEN – T. Head, A. Sharma, Y. Jaiswal.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Markram, N. Reddy.
BOWLERS – J. Undercut, P. Cummins, S. Sharma.
BACK-UPS – S. Ahmed, A. Khan, D. Jurel, S. Hetmyer.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – T. Head, S. Samson.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – J. Buttler, H. Klaasen.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
RAJASTHAN ROYALS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.