🏏IPL 2023: Match 65 - SRH vs RCB on 18/05/2023 at 7:30 PM IST 🏏 - Page 2

What they said:

"A lot of pride for us to play for [in the last two games]. We'll try to give some opportunities if we're allowed to. It'll be nice to finish off the tournament in good spirits but unfortunately, we haven't been good enough in the tournament this year." - Aiden Markram

"Really good for our NRR [win over RR]... hopefully, we can set it up for the last game at the Chinnaswamy." - Faf du Plessis

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Date: 18/05/2023

Deadline for toss prediction: 7:00PM IST

Deadline for rest of the predictions: 7:30PM IST

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Post for Pitch Report from the stadium closer to the game

Edited to add:

Pitch report | Aaron Finch and Deep Dasgupta: Pitch is in the center of the square. Square boundaries are mid-60s on either side (meters). Curator says this is his favourite wicket of the block and I can see why. It's absolutely even and there's not a blade of grass out of place. It's a little bit on the drier side though. There has been quite a bit of water put into it but with the weather overhead in the last couple of days being so hot, it's just a bit dry. As you can see there's a bit of surface cracking but I wouldn't be too worried about that. Important for openers to cash in against the new ball. Once players get their spikes chewing the wicket up a little bit, you'll start to get the ball slowing down a touch and spin playing a part later on. For me, you win the toss and bat first. 4 of the 6 games here have been won batting first. Curator has said there hasn't been much dew. Pitch looks a little abrasive, a little dry. It could turn. Might not be as high-scoring as the previous games.

Final players list and subs list when they are announced.

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Teams:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Dagar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nitish Reddy

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Michael Bracewell, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj

Sunrisers Hyderabad Subs: Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Akeal Hosein

Royal Challengers Bangalore Subs: Dinesh Karthik, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Himanshu Sharma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Kedar Jadhav

BATTERS TO WATCH(recent stats)

Heinrich Klaasen, SRH

10 M • 326 Runs • 46.57 Avg • 172.48 SR

Rahul Tripathi, SRH

10 M • 224 Runs • 24.88 Avg • 141.77 SR

Faf du Plessis, RCB

10 M • 535 Runs • 59.44 Avg • 151.12 SR

Glenn Maxwell, RCB

10 M • 367 Runs • 36.70 Avg • 183.50 SR

BOWLERS TO WATCH(recent stats)

Bhuvneshwar Kumar, SRH

10 M • 13 Wkts • 7.78 Econ • 17.53 SR

Mayank Markande, SRH

10 M • 12 Wkts • 7.89 Econ • 19 SR

Mohammed Siraj, RCB

10 M • 14 Wkts • 7.67 Econ • 14.57 SR

Harshal Patel, RCB

10 M • 10 Wkts • 9.59 Econ • 19.20 SR

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Go SRH 🥳

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Thanks for the tag and thread, Raji!❤️

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In last two matches against SRH, Virat scored a golden duck both times.😝

Will third time be a charm or another golden duck loading here?🤐

Bets are open!😂