Rising Pune Supergiants Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad

Rising Pune Supergiants faced defeat in their previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets. With 6 points from 10 games, they are placed second to bottom in the league standings. Sunrisers Hyderabad, on the contrary, crushed Mumbai Indians by 85 runs in their previous match. They have 12 points in the bag from 9 games and stand second on the points table. The two teams will face each other tonight on May 10 at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. RPS need to ensure a win here as one more loss could oust them from the tournament while a win for SRH will take them one step closer to a berth in the playoffs.

Pitch Conditions and Toss Factor

This 40th match of the Indian Premier League 2016 is scheduled to commence tonight at 8 PM local time. Since it is going to be a night match, there is a possibility of dew factor coming into play which in turn makes winning the toss very important. In most cases, the side that bats second benefits from the dew as the bowlers have difficulty in gripping the ball and the slippery outfield doesn't help the fielders too. So this might induce a decision to bat second tonight. 

However, the most recent match played at this venue on Sunday suggests otherwise wherein SRH posted 177 batting first and then went on to dismiss Mumbai Indians for 92. Considering that the ball showed a lot of movement during the second innings, the team that wins the toss will want to bat first. This should be a good batting surface though with 170 being a competitive first innings total.

If RPS wins the toss and bat first, it could be a tight contest and the match could go either way. But if SRH wins the toss and bat first, they will have an early advantage and will be hard to beat.