IPL 2024: Bottom-placed RCB eye comeback against SRH
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off in Match 30 of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) on April 15. The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru will host the fixture. Bottom-placed RCB need to bounce back after losing five of their first six encounters. Meanwhile, the Orange Army could re-enter the top four with another win. Here is the match preview.
Pitch report and other details
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium will host the duel (7:30pm IST). This venue is known for big scores as the batters get value for shots. The toss-winning captains like to chase, with dew setting in. As seen in the RCB-MI clash, the visitors chased down 197 in 15.4 overs. Star Sports will telecast the match, and fans can also live-stream it on JioCinema for free.
A look at head-to-head record
RCB and SRH have clashed in 22 IPL matches, winning 11 each. The latter won one encounter through Super Over in 2013. The Royal Challengers scored 130/8 in a low-scoring encounter in Hyderabad. SRH recorded the same score (130/7) in 20 overs before sealing the one-over eliminator. Notably, RCB won the only encounter against SRH in IPL 2023.
Here are key takeaways
RCB lost their previous game to Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. As mentioned, the hosts chased down 197, having completely tormented the RCB bowlers. RCB, who require a win to resurrect, would have to bolster their bowling department. Besides, SRH stole a two-run win against Punjab Kings. They avoided a potential upset as Shashank Singh and Ashutosh Sharma went berserk.
Probable XIs and impact subs
RCB (Probable XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (captain), Will Jacks, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Mahipal Lomror, Alzarri Joseph, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep. SRH (Probable XI): Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wicket-keeper), Abdul Samad, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan. Impact subs: Saurav Chauhan and Raul Tripathi.
