Preview:

ipl 2024 The 30th match of the IPL will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 7 wickets against Mumbai Indians in the last match.

Batting first in the match, RCB scored 196 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. Faf du Plessis (61), Rajat Patidar (50) and Dinesh Karthik (53*) played brilliant innings. Mumbai chased the target with 27 balls remaining on the strength of explosive innings of Ishan Kishan (69) and Suryakumar Yadav (52).

On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad had defeated Punjab Kings by 2 runs in the last match. In the match, SRH, batting first, scored 182 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Nitish Kumar Reddy played the highest innings of 64 runs for the team.

While chasing the target in the match, PBKS was able to score only 180 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs. Shashank Singh (46*) and Ashutosh Sharma (33*) played unbeaten innings for Punjab. Whereas for Hyderabad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar took maximum 2 wickets. Royal Challengers Bangalore are placed 10th in the points table with one win and 2 points from 6 matches. Whereas Sunrisers Hyderabad is at fifth position with three wins and 6 points in 5 matches.

Match Details:

Pitch Report:

The pitch of M. Chinnaswamy Stadium is considered excellent for batting in T20 cricket. Batsmen get help due to flat wicket and shot boundary. Considering the T20 record of Chinnaswamy Stadium, whichever team wins the toss here will like to chase. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 148 runs.

Head to Head Records:

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Probable Playing XIs:

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB):

Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Will Jacques, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Mahipal Lomror, Vijay Kumar Vaishak, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Mohammed Siraj.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH):

Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T. Natarajan

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

Virat Kohli was able to score only 3 runs in 9 balls in the last match against Mumbai Indians. Virat Kohli can make a great comeback against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Virat Kohli is at first place in the Orange Cap list with 319 runs in 6 matches.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs against Punjab Kings in the last match. Bhuvi can bowl brilliantly against RCB.

Who will win the match (Today’s Match Prediction):

Scenario 1

Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and chose to bowl.

Powerplay Score- 45-55

Score of first innings- 180-190

Royal Challengers Bangalore won

Scenario 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and chose to bowl.

Powerplay Score- 40-50

Score of first innings- 170-180

Sunrisers Hyderabad won

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