The Royal Challengers Bangalore will lock horns with the Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 36 of IPL 2022 at the Brabourne Stadium.
RCB have done well in the tournament so far, having won five of their seven games. They come into this game on the back of an 18-run win over the Lucknow Super Giants. Batting first, the Faf du Plessis-led side put up 181 runs on the board for the loss of six wickets. The skipper led from the front with a knock of 96 off 64 balls. For Lucknow, Dushmantha Chameera and Jason Holder picked up two wickets each. Chasing 182 runs to win, the Super Giants could manage only 163 as Josh Hazlewood picked up four wickets.
SRH, on the other hand, have made a remarkable turnaround in the tournament. After losing their first two games, they won their next four games on a trot. Washington Sundar is returning for this game, which will further boost both their bowling and batting.
RCB and SRH have played 20 matches between them, with the latter leading the head to head 11-8. In the last five games between the two sides, SRH lead 3-2.
Predicted XI
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesan Suchith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan.
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