Preview & Prediction: Match 40 (RR vs SRH)

The Aussie Face-Off
Both the former Australian captains will be up against each other in the crucial encounter amid congestion in the middle of the points table. RR will start favorites with many more resources than the Orange Army. Needless to say, SRH has players to take the game away on their own.

Pitch
Dubai: Pacers and spinners have similar SR, have a mix of both in the fantasy XI.


Probable XI
SRH: Bairstow, Kane, Garg, Warner, Samad, Shankar, Rashid, Natarajan, Sandeep, Thampi

RR: Uthappa, Stokes, Smith, Samson, Buttler, Tewatia, Parag, Archer, Gopal, Tyagi, Rajpoot

 

Head to Head
Both teams have won the same number of games and tosses. Identical records so far.


RR has won the game in the previous fixture this season.

Players Match Up

Sunrisers Hyderabad
-Warner has been dismissed 4 times vs Legspin this season.
-Warner vs Stokes: 22(19), 2 wkts
-Bairstow has been dismissed thrice vs Legspin this season.
-Williamson vs Archer: 27(15), 0 wkts

Rajasthan Royals
-Buttler vs Rashid: 3(8), 3 wkts
-Buttler vs Sandeep: 42(20), 0 wkts
-Uthappa vs Legspin this season: 13(19), 3 wkts
-Uthappa vs Rashid: Avg 64, SR 157
-Tewatia vs Fast-Medium pace this season: SR 228
-Samson vs Sandeep: 40(46), 2 wkts
-Samson vs Thampi: 25(10), 0 wkts
-One of Samson's 2 centuries came vs SRH
-Stokes vs Rashid: 4(11), 1 wkt
-Stokes vs Thampi: 30(17), 0 wkt
 

Fantasy Team
-Samson can capitalize today as he has only one bowler to negate.
-Tewatia has been a consistent performer with both bat and ball. Takes primary positions in the field and gets catches too.
-Manish could also shine today. 

HTH Records
Samson is just a run away from becoming the leading run-scorer in HTH clashes.