Key match-ups, analysis, form, team news, weather forecast, tickets, TV and streaming information, odds, predictions and more ahead of the latest encounter in the 2023 IPL
Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2023 Indian Premier League.
The match is scheduled to start at 7.30pm local time (3pm BST) on Thursday, May 18.
The match will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Royal Challengers Bangalore remain in the playoff hunt and start the game two points off the top four, knowing they must win to stay alive in the competition. After successive defeats, they won their last game against Rajasthan Royals but can't afford another misstep.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are merely playing for pride having been from the competition. They sit on eight points and have lost three of their last four.
RCB's Virat Kohli (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Sunrisers have a decision to make over their impact players, with Anmolpreet Singh and T Natarajan used of late. Sanvir Singh's place may also come under threat.
Josh Hazlewood and Wanindu Hasaranga were missing for RCB against the Royals but their injury status remains unknown.
The key matchup looks like to be an all-Indian battle between Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Virat Kohli.
Kumar got a five-wicket haul in his previous game so will be full of confidence and has dismissed Kohli three times across 13 IPL innings. This season, he has claimed six wickets in the powerplay overs.
Plenty of onus will be on Kohli to give RCB a good platform before the power hitters in the middle order arrive at the crease, in order to give them full license to attack.
Matches played: 22
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 12
Royal Challengers Bangalore wins: 9
It is predicted to be 37 degrees Celsius at the start of the day so there’ll be no disruption to this game.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar of Sunrisers Hyderabad (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Marco Jansen, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Harry Brook, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Adil Rashid, Mayank Markande, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Akeal Hosein, Anmolpreet Singh
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Akash Deep, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, Avinash Singh, Manoj Bhandage, Michael Bracewell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Siddarth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajan Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Karn Sharma, Himanshu Sharma, Sonu Yadav, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Kedar Jadhav
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Markande, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wayne Parnell, Harshal Patel, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Mohammed Siraj, Michael Bracewell
Royal Challengers Bangalore are the bookmakers' favourites at 4/6. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the slight outsiders at 11/10.
RCB are the side in need here and they should have too much for a Sunrisers side whose campaign has already come to an end.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
If you are watching from the Middle East, you'll be able to view the game on Times Internet.
People from Bangladesh can watch the game on Gazi TV.
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