🏏IPL 2024: Match 41 - SRH vs RCB at Hyderabad on 25/04/2024 @ 7:30PM IST🏏
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Rock-bottom RCB brace for more SRH fireworks in Hyderabad
RCB are 10th and in desperate need of a win, but is there any stopping Travis Head and co at the moment?
Can RCB out-SRH SRH?
If Travis Head doesn't get you, Abhishek Sharma will. If Abhishek doesn't get you, Heinrich Klaasen will. If neither gets you, one of the middle-order batters will.
Or they will all come at you together, just like they did against Royal Challengers Bengaluru about ten days ago.
There were doubts about the Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers being able to support their star batting line-up. There have been a few noteworthy performances, even though their bowlers have been taken for runs. But in their most recent match, against Delhi Capitals, T Natarajan had an effect in the end overs, and their captain Pat Cummins has been instrumental in slowing the pace down in the middle overs. Mayank Markande has also shown promise.
In a way, SRH and RCB operate similarly: their batters have done the heavy lifting to compensate for their bowling deficiencies. SRH, though, have been more fearless and consistent with the bat. RCB, meanwhile, have had to toil harder. Their captain, Faf du Plessis, had even acknowledged that his bowlers did not have "as many weapons" to restrict the flow of runs.
One positive for RCB is that they have fought hard with the bat despite two consecutive losses in their last two games while chasing large totals. They scored 262 in a record 288-run chase against SRH and fell one run short in the 223 chase against Kolkata Knight Riders. They have had some great individual performers too. But they are missing a key player who, on his best day, is capable of SRH-ing the living daylights out of SRH. Is out-of-form Glenn Maxwell feeling rejuvenated enough to return? RCB can only hope, as that will be critical if they don't want to give up their slim chance of staying alive this season.
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