Hyderabad: A confident Sunrisers Hyderabad will host a struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore side in the Indian Premier League at the Rajiv Gandhi International stadium here, Sunday.
The home team will be hoping that opener David Warner continues his stellar start to the new campaign. The Aussie hit-man scored 69 off 37 balls as the Capitals chased down a mammoth total of 198 in their last game against Rajasthan Royals.
RCB on the other hand are yet to register a victory after two outings in the IPL and the Virat Kohli led side are expected to go all-in into the tie to achieve that elusive win.
Here are some stats and facts ahead of the game.
Head to head
Matches played: 12
SRH wins: 7
RCB wins: 5
Batting stats
Highest total in this fixture: RCB 227/4 (20 overs) in Bangalore, 12th April 2016.
Lowest total: Both SRH and RCB scored 130/7 and 130/8 respectively in Hyderabad, 7th April 2013.
Highest individual score: 93* by Virat Kohli in Bangalore, 9th April 2013.
Most runs: 485 by Virat Kohli.
Biggest win by runs: RCB’s 45-run win in Bangalore, April 2016.
Bowling stats
Most wickets: 12 wickets by Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Best bowling figures: 3/17 by Karn Sharma in Bangalore, 4th May 2014
Biggest win by wickets: SRH’s 8-wicket win in Bangalore, 13th April 2015.
Predicted XI
SRH: Jonny Bairstow (WK), David Warner, Kane Williamson (Captain), Vijay Shankar, Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed.
RCB: Parthiv Patel (wk), Virat Kohli (Captain), Moeen Ali, AB de Villiers, Shimron Hetmyer, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj.
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