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Riyan Parag-led Rajasthan Royals won four successive games before going down in two outings. However, RR managed to return to winning ways against Lucknow Super Giants. The 2008 IPL winners are currently third in the table.

Sunrisers Hydrerabad are 4th in the points table. The 2016 IPL winners are unbeaten in their last three games and will be looking to continue their momentum as they head to the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday evening. Pat Cummins is returning as a captain for SRH. 

Details of the RR vs SRH Match 

Match: Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Match 36

Date and Time: 25th April, 7:30 PM

Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur 

Broadcast and Live-streaming: Star Sports network and JioHotstar App and Website 

Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report 

For the first time this season, Sawai Mansingh Stadium will host an IPL game, and over the years, chasing teams have won most of the games. The captain who wins the toss will choose to bowl first and make use of the good batting conditions later in the day. It is known to be a high-scoring venue.

RR vs SRH Head to Head

Matches - 22

RR - 9

SRH -13

RR vs SRH predicted playing XIs

Rajasthan Royals – Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag (C), Shimron Hetmyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Donovan Ferrira, Jofra Archer, Ravi Bishnoi. Brijesh Sharma, Nandre Burger

Impact player – Shubham Dubey 

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Shivang Kumar, Harsh Dubey, Sakib Hussain, Pat Cummins (c)

Impact player – Eshan Malinga

RR vs SRH: Predicted best performers of the match 

Best batter – Abhishek Sharma

World’s number 1 T20I batter scored a brilliant century in the previous encounter for his side. The 25-year-old has come back to the his best form with the bat and will be keen to score more runs against Rajasthan Royals. 

Best bowler – Jofra Archer

England’s pace sensation Archer bowled with amazing pace in the last game and ended up taking 3 wickets. The right-arm seamer has done well at this venue in the past and knows the Sawai Mansingh Stadium well.

Who will win the RR vs SRH match 36 of IPL 2026?

Rajasthan Royals will be the favourites to win the game on Saturday thanks to their amazing record at their home venue. Royals have won 37 out of the 58 matches they have played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. Their batting talents like Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi will be the key players to watch out for. 

This article first appeared on Crictoday and was syndicated with permission.

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