SRH, who are currently fourth in the points table with 14 points, are just one win away from securing a playoff spot.
On the other hand, GT were the third team to be eliminated from the playoff race after their previous encounter against Kolkata Knight Riders got washed out. The home side are in tremendous form on the back of a resounding 10-wicket victory over Lucknow Super Giants in their last match.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
SRH vs GT Match Details
Match: SRH vs GT, Match 66, IPL 2024
Captains:
Pat Cummins is going to lead Sunrisers Hyderabad
Shubhman Gill will lead Gujarat Titans
When: May 16th 2024, Thursday
Match is going to start at 07:30 p.m.
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.
Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played 4 matches against each other. Out of which Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 3 matches and Gujarat Titans has won all 1 match.
Likely playing XI
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande
Impact Substitute: T. Natarajan
Bench: UD Yadav, Glenn Phillips, RA Tripathi, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Abdul Samad, AK Markram, Washington Sundar, M Jansen, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Singh, W Hasaranga, Umran Malik, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Matthew Wade (wk), Shahrukh Khan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Kartik Tyagi
Impact Player: Sandeep Warrier
Bench : Robin Minzq, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, A Manohar, Vijay Shankar, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, SH Johnson, J Little, DG Nalkande, J Yadav, SS Mishra, Manav Suthar, S Sandeep Warrier, BR Sharath, Gurnoor Brar
Pitch report
Interestingly, teams who have batted first have won three out of five games at this venue. Hence the skipper winning the toss would be inclined to put up a big score on the board to put the opposition under the pump. Speaking of the weather conditions, spells of rain are predicted for match day. The rain forecast might make the skipper have second thoughts on chasing a more preferable option on the flip side of the above mentioned win ratio. Temperature-wise, it's expected to range between 25°C and 36°C.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Travis Head
Best Bowler: Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Weather forecast for today in Hyderabad
Maximum temperature: 39°C
Minimum temperature: 25°C
Wind speed: 13km/h
Chances of rain: 0%
Capacity of stadium: 55, 000
Prediction to win: Sunrisers Hyderabad is most likely to win the match
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