Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Indian Premier League, Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad- 52nd match - May 7

The 52nd match of the Indian Premier League, 2023 will take place between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad on the 7th of May, 2023 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad Form Guide:

Sunrisers Hyderabad are currently placed at the 9th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Sunrisers Hyderabad is Rahul Tripathi with 190 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Sunrisers Hyderabad is Mayank Markande with 11 scalps under his belt.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are in terrible form currently.

They have lost their previous match against Kolkata Knight Riders by 5 runs.

Kolkata Knight Riders batted first and they posted a competitive total of 171 for 9 in 20 overs. They lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Venkatesh Iyer early on. Jason Roy and Nitish Rana provided some stability to the innings by scoring 20 and 42 runs respectively. Rinku Singh also played a valuable knock of 46 in 35 balls to help Kolkata Knight Riders get past the 170 run mark and finish at 171 for 9 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Sunrisers Hyderabad couldn't get off to an ideal start. They lost 4 wickets for just 54 runs. This is when Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen got together and started finding the momentum needed. Klaasen smashed 36 off just 20 balls while Markram scored 41 off 40 balls. Once these two were dismissed, Sunrisers Hyderabad couldn't find boundaries and kept losing wickets at regular intervals. It was all down to the last over bowled by Varun Chakravarthy. Sunrisers Hyderabad needed just 9 runs but Varun bowled beautifully and conceded just 3 runs as Kolkata Knight Riders won the match by 5 runs margin.


Rajasthan Royals Form Guide:

Rajasthan Royals are placed at the 4th position on points table.

The top run scorer for Rajasthan Royals is Yashasvi Jaiswal with 442 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Rajasthan Royals is Ravichandran Ashwin with 13 scalps under his belt.

Rajasthan Royals have lost their previous match against Gujarat Titans by a big margin of 9 wickets.

Rajasthan Royals batted first and they were bowled out for a paltry 118 in the 18th over. The top order struggled as Jos Buttler got out to Hardik Pandya early on. Yashasvi Jaiswal also ran himself out when the situation demanded him to put a prize to his wicket. Sanju Samson smashed 30 off 20 balls but once he was dismissed, it was a downward slope for Rajasthan Royals in terms of batting. No middle or lower order batter could step up and Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for a small total of 118.

During the chase, Wriddhiman Saha and Shubman Gill got their team off to a flier. They smashed 41 and 36 runs respectively. Hardik Pandya at number 3 looked to be in a hurry to finish the match quickly. He played a beautiful knock of 39 runs in 15 balls to finish the match in Gujarat Titans favor with 9 wickets in hand.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

Rajasthan Royals (RR): Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Obed Mccoy, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sanju Samson (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joe Root, Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Adam Zampa, Kunal Rathore, Donovan Ferreira, Jason Holder

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Kartik Tyagi, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Upendra Yadav, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Rajasthan Royals

Who will win?-   Rajasthan Royals

Top Batter (Runs Score) – Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals), Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Trent Boult (Rajasthan Royals), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Most Sixes – Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals), Heinrich Klaasen (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

Player of the Match - Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rajasthan Royals)

Team Scores Batting first - Rajasthan Royals 180+, Sunrisers Hyderabad 165+

Match Handicap:  Rajasthan Royals

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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