Today is the eliminator match of IPL 2026. The teams of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will face each other. This match will be played in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh. Whichever of the two teams loses today, it will be eliminated. The winning team will face Gujarat Titans in Qualifier-2. There is every possibility of this match being exciting, because both the teams have more than one dangerous player.

Sunrisers Hyderabad stood third in the league stage of IPL 2026. Whereas Rajasthan Royals secured fourth place. In 14 matches of the league stage, Pat Cummins’s Hyderabad won 9 matches while Riyan Parag’s Rajasthan got eight wins. If this match is canceled due to rain then because of being on top in the points table

Who is ahead in head to head?

Pat Cummins’ team is far ahead in the head to head between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. Hyderabad has defeated Rajasthan in 14 matches so far. Whereas Rajasthan team has succeeded in defeating Hyderabad 9 times.

Mullanpur pitch report

This ground of Mullanpur, New Chandigarh is considered a heaven for batsmen. High scoring matches are seen here. It is an evening match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bowl first, because chasing the target is seen easier here.

match prediction

Our match prediction meter is saying that the match is evenly matched, but the team which bowls first has more chances of winning. Both Rajasthan and Hyderabad teams have explosive batsmen. In such a situation, there is every possibility of a high scoring match.

Probable playing eleven of Rajasthan Royals- Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (captain), Dasun Shanaka, Donovan Ferreira, Joffra Archer, Shubham Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja/Ravi Bishnoi, Nandre Berger, Yash Raj Punja, Brijesh Sharma.

Probable playing eleven of RCB- Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Smaran Ravichandran, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel/Praful Hinz, Ishan Malinga, Saqib Hussain.

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