Rajasthan Royals look to get a step closer to qualifying for the playoffs when they meet Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League 2024 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

The SRH vs RR match on May 2 is scheduled to start at 7.30 PM IST. TheIPL 2024 fixture will be available to watch on live streaming for free in India.

The Royals continued their winning run away from home with a seven-wicket win against Lucknow Super Giants in their previous game last week. Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel scored unbeaten half-centuries to pilot the Royals’ chase after Sandeep Sharma picked up two wickets with the ball.

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost to Chennai Super Kings by 78 runs in their last match at Chennai on Sunday.

Skipper Samson is the Royals’ top scorer in IPL 2024 with 385 runs from nine matches averaging 77.00 and striking at an impressive rate of 161.08. Riyan Parag has accumulated 332 runs from eight visits to the crease at an average of 55.33 and a strike rate of 159.61.

Yuzvendra Chahal has picked up 13 wickets from nine matches in IPL 2024 and is currently the joint second-highest wicket-taker this season whereas Trent Boult has 10 wickets from nine outings.

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals standings

Rajasthan Royals continue their reign at the top of the IPL 2024 standings with 16 points and a net run rate of +0.694. The Royals have won eight out of their nine matches so far this season.

Meanwhile, Sunrisers Hyderabad have also played nine games this season, winning five and losing four. SRH are currently fifth in the IPL standings with 10 points and an NRR of +0.075.

SRH vs RR form in IPL

The Royals have won four of their last five matches in the IPL whereas SRH have won three out of their last five games, coming into Thursday's game.

Rajasthan Royals last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

LSG

Lucknow

Won

April 27, 2024

7 wickets

MI

Jaipur

Won

April 22, 2024

9 wickets

KKR

Kolkata

Won

April 16, 2024

2 wickets

PBKS

Mullanpur

Won

April 13, 2024

3 wickets

GT

Jaipur

Lost

April 10, 2024

3 wickets

Sunrisers Hyderabad last five matches

Opponent

Venue

Result

Match Date

Margin

CSK

Chennai

Lost

April 28, 2024

78 runs

RCB

Hyderabad

Lost

April 25, 2024

35 runs

DC

Delhi

Won

April 20, 2024

67 runs

RCB

Bengaluru

Won

April 15, 2024

25 runs

PBKS

Mullanpur

Won

April 9, 2024

2 runs

In the SRH vs RR head-to-head, the two teams have played each other 18 times in the IPL and both have been victorious on nine occasions.

In the most recent encounter between the two sides in the IPL at Jaipur last year, SRH beat the Royals by four wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals players

Samson continued making merry in IPL 2024 as he notched up his fourth half-century, the joint-most by any player so far this season, in the Royals’ last game against LSG. The skipper had to navigate a tricky phase as the Royals slid from 60/0 to 78/3, before opening up to score seven boundaries and four maximums in his unbeaten 33-ball 71.

Samson has remained unbeaten in his last two innings helping the Royals see off the chases, first against Mumbai Indians and then versus LSG, successfully with his calm presence. He added an unbroken 121 runs off just 62 balls, a record fourth-wicket stand for the Royals, with Jurel.

The Royals have the most century partnerships among all teams in IPL 2024 with four hundred-plus stands this season. That Samson has been involved in each of them, with two unbroken, shows the composure and form he has been in, throughout the tournament this year.

The skipper, with 791 runs from 21 matches at an average of 49.43, is also the highest run-getter against SRH in the IPL.

Jurel brought up his maiden fifty en route to making his highest score in the IPL. He too remained unbeaten with 52 off 34 balls. Jurel scored five fours and two sixes including a 20-run over off Mohsin Khan to get the Royals’ chase on track as they won with an over to spare.

For the second match in a row, the Royals’ bowlers put up a great show especially during the powerplay and in the death overs. Bowling first, Boult and Sandeep reduced LSG to 11/2 in two overs. The left-arm pacer now has five first-over wickets this season.

The duo along with Avesh Khan conceded just 25 runs in the final three overs and that too with an additional fielder inside the 30-yard circle in the final over. The Royals’ death-bowling has been the best in terms of runs conceded in IPL 2024, giving away an average of 10.2 runs an over in the last five-over period.

Sandeep has been a consistent performer for the Royals this season with eight wickets from four matches and averaging just 13.80, which is the best among the Royals’ bowlers.

Though Sandeep has picked up 59 wickets during the first six overs in his IPL career, the right-arm pacer has been a revelation in the death overs since the Royals signed him before IPL 2023.

Meanwhile, Chahal with 28 wickets from only 19 matches is the Royals’ best bowler in the current squad against SRH.

Rajasthan Royals squad: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Shubham Dubey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Rovman Powell, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Avesh Khan, Trent Boult, Nandre Burger, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Tanush Kotian, Keshav Maharaj

Sunrisers Hyderabad squad: Pat Cummins (c), Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Akash Singh, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Umran Malik, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals stats

  • 50: Riyan Parag is 2 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL
  • 50: Ravichandran Ashwin is 5 catches away from 50 catches in IPL
  • 200: Sanju Samson is 1 six away from 200 sixes in IPL
  • 250: Jos Buttler needs 5 catches for 250 catches in T20s
  • 300: This will be Yuzvendra Chahal’s 300th T20 match
  • 350: Yuzvendra Chahal needs 1 wicket for 350 wickets in T20s
  • 1000: Riyan Parag needs 68 runs for 1000 runs in IPL
  • 1500: Yashasvi Jaiswal needs 79 runs for 1500 runs in IPL
  • 4000: Shimron Hetmyer needs 6 runs for 4000 runs in T20s
  • 11500: Jos Buttler needs 35 runs for 11500 runs in T20s

Where to watch Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals live

Live streaming of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals match will be available on the Jio Cinema App and website. The SRH vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network TV channels in India. The match will start at 7.30 PM IST.

SRH vs RR Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium records

  • Highest team total: 277/3 by SRH vs MI, 2024
  • Lowest team total: 80/10 by DC vs SRH, 2013
  • Highest individual score: 126 by David Warner, SRH vs KKR, 2017
  • Best bowling figures: 6/12 by Alzarri Joseph, MI vs SRH, 2019
  • Highest partnership: 189 by David Warner and Naman Ojha, second wicket, DC vs Chargers, 2012
  • Win rate batting first: 60% (6 Won; 4 Lost)
  • Average first innings score: 187
  • Average first innings winning score: 199