IPL 2021: Match 40, SRH vs RR Match – Who will win today’s IPL match ?

 Sunrisers Hyderabad will take on Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 Indian Premier League match No. 40 on Monday, September 27 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Sunrisers, led by Ken Williamson, are in dire straits as they hang from under the table.

In their previous game, they lost by five runs against the Punjab Kings after failing to chase 126 runs. Jason Holder hit five sixes to keep the Orange Army in the game, but his efforts were in vain. Going into the next match, it wouldn’t be a surprise if they make a few changes to their playing XI.

The Royals, on the other hand, are seventh in the table. The 33-run defeat at the hands of the Delhi Capitals may have eroded his confidence to some extent. But their skipper Sanju Samson was very much in touch. RR doesn’t have much room for complacency and needs to win a bit.

Match Details

Match – Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals – 40th match

Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

Time – 7:30 PM IST, 02:00 PM GMT

Where to watch live – Star Sports Network, Hotstar

Pitch Report

Dubai's pitch has been very good for batting. However, bowlers, especially fast bowlers, have a lot to do with the surface. Chasing is usually difficult on the strip. Batting first should be the way forward.

Avg first innings score: 159 (3 matches in the IPL 2021 at Dubai) Record of chasing teams: Won – 1, Lost – 2, Tied – 0

Probable Playing XIs:

Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner/Jason Roy, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson (c), Kedar Jadhav/Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad/Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma

Bench: Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma/Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg/Kedar Jadhav, Basil Thampi, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Shahbaz Nadeem, T Natarajan, Jason Roy/David Warner, Jagadeesha Suchith, Virat Singh, Vijay Shankar

Rajasthan Royals

Evin Lewis/David Miller, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Liam Livingstone, Mahipal Lomror, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris /Tabraiz Shamsi, Chetan Sakariya, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman

Bench: Akash Singh, KC Cariappa, Shreyas Gopal, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Oshane Thomas, Kuldip Yadav, Manan Vohra, David Miller/Evin Lewis, Shivam Dube, Tabraiz Shamsi/Chris Morris

Probable best batter of the match

Sanju Samson— Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson has been an outstanding batsman for the Royals in the current edition of the T20 League. He is currently his team's leading run-scorer, scoring 351 runs in nine matches with an average of 50.14 and a strike rate of 141.53. He was unbeaten on 70 in the previous game and his aggression should have kept his confidence low, though his knock was in vain.

Probable best bowler of the match

Mustafizur Rahman– Rajasthan Royals

Mustafizur Rahman has been superb with the ball in hand for the Royals. In the current edition of the IPL, Bangladesh's left-arm speedster is 10 wickets faster. Moreover, he has bowled at an economy rate of 7.88 and shows that he has been able to tie the batsmen in death overs. Southpav is not able to bring down his guard in any way.

Today’s match prediction: Rajasthan Royals to win the match