Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Rajasthan Royals in their first meeting since 2015 when they faced each other in April, with Shikhar Dhawan scoring an unbeaten half-century in a nine-wicket win.
They head into this match with an identical head-to-head record of four wins apiece, with the Royals winning the only previous meeting in Jaipur back in 2013.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are looking for their third consecutive win, after bowling both Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab out for low totals in their last two matches.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad will bid for their sixth win of the 2018 Indian Premier League when they face Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Scheduled to start on April 29, the live action begins at 16:00 local time.
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Toss Prediction
Rajasthan Royals are yet to win the toss in Jaipur this year, but the tendency has been for the team winning the toss to field first.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and prediction for Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Indian Premier League.
RR Team News & Playing 11
Team News
After electing not to select Steve Smith this season following Australian cricket's ball-tampering controversy, Rajasthan Royals have rotated their overseas players in their last couple of matches with Smith's direct replacement Heinrich Klaasen playing the last two games. Big Bash sensation Jofra Archer also played his first IPL game of the season last time out, replacing Ben Laughlin. The changes allowed Rahul Tripathi to finally take up an opening batsman role, but in truth without Smith, Rajasthan have lacked firepower up the order. Nevertheless, with Ben Stokes and Sanju Samson firing in their most recent match, Rajasthan may opt for an unchanged team to face Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Key Players
Sanju Samson has been Rajasthan's star man with the bat, scoring two half-centuries - including an unbeaten, match-winning 92 against Royal Challengers Bangalore - on his way to 239 runs in his first six games. The innings against RC Bangalore also included an incredible ten sixes. Ben Stokes also looked close to his best form last out, as he hit 40 from 27 balls to follow up his innings of 45 against Chennai Super Kings in the previous game. Jofra Archer picked up 3/22 with the ball last time out, in his first bowling innings of the season, and will home for similar assistance from the Jaipur pitch against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Recent Form
Rajasthan Royals' win against Mumbai Indians last time out, whom they beat by three wickets with two balls to spare, helped them bounce back from consecutive heavy defeats. Kolkata chased down 160 to win by seven wickets in their previous game in Jaipur, while Chennai Super Kings posted a massive 204/5 from their 20 overs to win by 64 runs in the following match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's in form spin-bowling duo of Shakib Al Hasan and Rashid Khan will continue their records of playing in every Sunrisers' game this season as they head to spin-friendly Jaipur. With Kane Williamson batting, that leaves space for only one of Chris Jordan, Alex Hales, Mohammad Nabi and Billy Stanlake - the Afghanistani all-rounder having been preferred in the last two matches. Shikhar Dhawan returned for the last two games having missed the defeat to Chennai Super Kings, but they are yet to turn to big-hitting Hales despite two low-scoring games in a row now.
Key Players
Rashid Khan's economical bowling has earned him two man of the match awards already this season, taking 1/13 from his four overs in the Sunrisers' home win against Mumbai Indians and then 2/11 from four overs in the return fixture. While Mumbai will be sick of Rashid Khan, Rajasthan Royals will be hoping Shikhar Dhawan fails to replicate the form he showed in hammering an unbeaten 77 from 57 balls in their first meeting this season. Captain Kane Williamson has been the Sunrisers' leading batsman, however - scoring three back-to-back half centuries earlier in the campaign to race past 250 in this year's IPL. With the ball, alongside Khan's success, Siddarth Kaul has nine wickets to his name and Shakib AL Hasan has taken eight.
Recent Form
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won five of their seven matches so far this season, including their last two back-to-back in low-scoring games against Mumbai Indians - who they bowled out for 87 after being dismissed for just 118 themselves - and Kings XI Punjab, who they dismissed for 119. Their only defeats ended a three-match winning run at the start of the campaign, losing by 15 runs to Kings XI Punjab and four runs to Chennai Super Kings prior to their two most recent successes.
Sunrisers Hyderabad's win in this season's first meeting between these two teams was their fourth in total against the Rajasthan Royals. With Sunrisers late additions to the IPL, joining in 2013, and Rajasthan only just back from their two-year ban, there have only been eight matches in total between the two – and both sides have won four. The match in Hyderabad earlier this month saw Shakib Al Hasan and Siddarth Kaul pick up two wickets apiece as the Sunrisers restricted the Royals to just 125/9 from their 20 overs, before Shikhar Dahwan's unbeaten 78 from 57 balls helped them chase that target down in less than 16 overs.
They have only once played in Jaipur, however, and that was in their first ever meeting in 2013, which Rajasthan Royals won by eight wickets.
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Betting Odds
Sunrisers Hyderabad are favourites to beat Rajasthan Royals in this match of IPL 2018, with Betfair offering a best price of 1.83 on the visitors claiming their second win against the Royals of this year's competition, and Bet365 offering 1.72. Rajasthan are 2.1 to win with Bet365.
Having found his form in the last two matches, England all-rounder Ben Stokes is 5.50 with Bet365 and Betfair to be Rajasthan Royals' top batsman on Sunday. Rahul Tripathi, pushed up the order to open the batting, is 5.00 with Bet365.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Kane Williamson is 3.75 with Betfair, despite having hit three half-centuries and enjoyed a fine campaign so far. Shikhar Dhawan is also 3.75 having top-scored in the reverse fixture against Rajasthan.
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Prediction
Sunrisers Hyderabad have already beaten Rajasthan Royals once this season, and have returned to winning ways in their last two matches. They head to Jaipur in good form and can record their sixth win of the campaign as a result.
Final Verdict: Back Sunrisers Hyderabad to beat Rajasthan Royals at 1.83 with Betfair and 1.72 with Bet365.
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Apr 29, 2018
16:00 IST / 10:30 GMT
Sawai Mansingh Stadium - Jaipur, India
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