Toss & Conditions

Pitch No. 4 in New Chandigarh is described as a high-scoring surface this season, and RR chased down 223 here against Punjab Kings about a month ago. All three IPL 2026 games on this pitch were won by teams chasing, pointing to a toss incentive to field first.

Head-to-Head

SRH ne RR ke against last three head-to-head matches jeete hain. Most recent meeting mein, RR ne 228/6 post kiya, aur SRH ne nine balls remaining ke saath chase win kiya—yeh last-ball thriller se zyada late-innings finish tha. Isi season ke earlier match mein SRH ne 216/6 set karke RR ko 159 par all out karke 57 runs se jeeta. In teen games mein SRH constant winner rahe hain, including ek successful chase of 229/5 aur do wins big totals defend karte hue.

RRRajasthan Royals 228/6

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 229/5

2026-04-25 · SRH won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 216/6

RRRajasthan Royals 159/10

2026-04-13 · SRH won by 57 runs

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 286/6

RRRajasthan Royals 242/6

2025-03-23 · SRH won by 44 runs

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH ka record 9W-5L hai, NRR +0.577 ke saath. Unhone last three mein se do jeete hain, including RCB ke against 55-run win aur CSK ke against five-wicket chase six balls remaining ke saath. Is sequence mein unki last defeat Gujarat Titans ke against 82-run loss thi, jahan woh 86 par bowled out ho gaye the.

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 255/4

RCRoyal Challengers Bengaluru 200/4

2026-05-22 · SRH won by 55 runs

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 181/5

CSChennai Super Kings 180/7

2026-05-18 · SRH won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

SRSunrisers Hyderabad 86/10

GTGujarat Titans 168/5

2026-05-12 · GT won by 82 runs

Rajasthan Royals

RR ka record 8W-6L hai, NRR +0.280 ke saath. Unhone last three mein se do jeete hain, including Mumbai Indians ke against 30-run win aur Lucknow Super Giants ke against seven-wicket win five balls remaining ke saath. Is run mein unka loss Delhi Capitals ke against five-wicket defeat tha, four balls remaining ke saath.

RRRajasthan Royals 205/8

MIMumbai Indians 175/9

2026-05-24 · RR won by 30 runs

RRRajasthan Royals 225/3

LSLucknow Super Giants 220/5

2026-05-19 · RR won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

RRRajasthan Royals 193/8

DCDelhi Capitals 197/5

2026-05-17 · DC won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

Playing XI

News & Facts

Key Stats

Verdict

All four models SRH ko favour karte hain—SRH projected 56–68% par hai aur model average 62% aata hai. Bookmakers bhi SRH ki taraf lean kar rahe hain: SRH 53% (1.78) vs RR 47% (2.00). Key stats overall 3-3 split hain: SRH NRR, Elo, aur last-three H2H mein aage hai, jabki RR phases ke across economy metrics mein lead karta hai. Match ka hinge yahi hoga ki SRH apni recent dominance RR ke against extend karte hain, ya RR ka chasing-friendly New Chandigarh record Pitch No. 4 par hold karta hai.

Suryavanshi’s 29-ball storm

Vaibhav Suryavanshi didn’t just set up Rajasthan Royals’ win — he detonated it. From the powerplay onwards he kept clearing the infield, and by the time he was into the 90s the contest had already tilted hard away from Sunrisers Hyderabad. RR’s 243/8 left SRH chasing a mountain, and when the home side were bowled out for 196 in 19.2 overs, the visitors had sealed a 47-run statement.

Powerplay blows it open

The match was effectively decided in the first six overs of each innings. RR raced to 80/0 in the powerplay, giving Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal a platform that never needed rebuilding, then cashed in with a 125-run stand. SRH’s reply was the opposite: 71/4 in the powerplay meant their chase was immediately reduced to damage control. Even with a decent 9.8 rpo through the middle overs, the required rate stayed out of reach and the finish fizzled to 27 runs in the death.

Suryavanshi, then Jadeja’s squeeze

Suryavanshi’s 98 off 29 was the innings that changed the ceiling of the game, while Dhruv Jurel’s 50 off 21 kept the tempo high even as wickets fell late. For SRH, Nitish Kumar Reddy’s 38 off 20 and a 56-run stand offered a flicker of hope, but Ravindra Jadeja’s 2/21 in three overs tightened the middle just when SRH needed a clean runway. Jofra Archer’s 3/58 was expensive, yet his strikes helped ensure SRH never got a settled set batter for long.

Why the script flipped

The pre-match lean towards SRH was built on overall form lines, recent head-to-heads and the sense they could control phases. Instead, RR’s phase strengths showed up where it mattered: they owned the new ball with the bat and forced SRH into risky shots early. Once SRH lost four in the powerplay, the chase became a sequence of short bursts rather than a sustained pursuit — exactly the scenario a 240-plus total demands you avoid.