Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) but take Rajasthan Royals (RR) In eliminator of 2026 indian premier league But Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium In Mullanpur.
Sunrisers finished third with 18 points, the same as Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans, but missed the top two spots due to net run rate. They defeated RCB by 55 runs in their final game of the season, but were unable to restrict them to a total that boosted the net run rate.
Royals sealed their place in the playoffs with an impressive 30-run win over Mumbai Indians. They finished with 16 points in their 14 games, and despite a dip in form midway through the season, managed to reach the playoffs at the last minute.
Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium: Pitch Report
The Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium has one of the better batting surfaces in the tournament. In three of the four matches played at the venue, teams have scored more than 200 in both innings. The black clay wicket has constant bounce, due to which the ball hits the bat quite comfortably. Seamers get lateral movement early on, but they do not get consistent help throughout the innings. The boundaries are comparatively long, but the fast outfield also makes it easy to score runs on the ground.
IPL stats and records at Maharaja Yadvendra Singh International Cricket Stadium
| matches played | 15 |
| won by batting first | 07 |
| Won while batting second | 08 |
| highest total | 254/7 |
| lowest total | 95 |
| Average score while batting first | 181 |
SRH vs RR Strategies and Match-ups
The two teams have already met twice in the 2026 season. In the first encounter in Hyderabad, Sunrisers started the season with a resounding 57-run win, ending the four-match winning streak of the Royals. Sunrisers performed brilliantly while batting first Ishan KishanBy playing an inning of 91 runs in 44 balls, he made a struggling score of 216 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. What happened next was pure carnage as debutant Prafulla Hinz tore apart the Royals' batting lineup in the powerplay and picked up four wickets as the defending champions were reeling at 9 for 5. They never recovered, eventually being bowled out for 159, as fellow debutant Saqib Hussain also took four wickets.
Sunrisers also won the second match by chasing the huge target of 229 runs with five wickets remaining. Royals scored a huge score of 228 runs for 6 wickets with the help of 15 year old talented player. Vaibhav Suryavanshi Scored a century in 36 balls. Sunrisers made light work of the chase as Kishan was once again the star of the show with 74 off 31 balls, supported by Abhishek Sharma's 57 and late cameos from Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy.
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