Fantasy: In-form batters and spinners is the way to go in Hyderabad

Fantasy

Venue:  Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad

Average first innings score in last three years:173%

67% of the games have been won by team batting first

Pacers have picked 61.64% of the wickets to fall here. Spinners have picked 38.36% of the wickets.

*all data from last 3 years

Suggested Team

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In-form Players 

Captain

Vice Captain

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Top run scorers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top batters at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters; runs, strike-rate, batting average etc.

Top wicket takers at this venue

The above graphic tells you the top bowlers at the venue in the past three years. Click here to check the full list categorized on different parameters - wickets taken, bowling average, bowling economy etc.

Grand League Punts

Faf du Plessis has been performing consistently in this season and is the leading run scorer in IPL 2023. No player has hit more sixes than Faf, this season. He also tops the list for most fifties and best batting average.

Heinrich Klaasen has been the biggest positive for the Sunrisers in this season. He has been the team’s leading run scorer despite not batting in the top 3. Klaasen has also scored the most runs in the first 10 balls amongst all batters who haven’t been dismissed even once in this bracket. Moreover, his SR of 165 in the first 10 balls is amongst the highest for batters in IPL 2023.

Mohammed Siraj is second highest wicket taker in the first 6, and also has the season's best economy in this phase. He's gone wicketless just twice, this season, and given the Hyderabad batters struggles against the new ball, expect him to create a few breakthroughs for Bangalore.

Probable XIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aiden Markram ( c ), T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Markande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sanvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Abdul Samad

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli, Wayne Parnell, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis ( c ), Michael Bracewell, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Anuj Rawat