IPL 2022: RCB vs SRH Preview – The sizzling Southern derby

Royal Challengers Bangalore will take on the Sunrisers Hyderabad in their next encounter at the Brabourne Stadium. Both teams have had played some good cricket in the last few games and SRH have been on a roll lately, with four wins in their last four games. The Kane Williamson-led side have moved into the top five in the points table as well.

On the other hand, the Royal Challengers Bangalore will be riding high on confidence after winning games from tough situations and they have covered most of their bases as well. Despite Virat Kohli’s uncharacteristic form, RCB have managed to find victories and Dinesh Karthik had to be given a lot of credit for that.

Playing Combinations for RCB vs SRH

RCB

RCB are likely to go in with the same playing XI with Faf du Plessis coming good in the previous game at the top. Anuj Rawat and Virat Kohli will have to capitalise on their chances while Glenn Maxwell has been blazing. Prabhudessai, Shahbaz and Dinesh Karthik have all played crucial roles in the middle order and will continue doing that while Hasaranga had a rare off game against LSG.

Predicted XI:

Faf du Plessis (c), Anuj Rawat, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Suyash Prabhudessai, Shahbaz Ahmed, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj

SRH

SRH have found a good opening pair on Abishek Sharma and Kane Williamson, who have complemented each other well. Rahul Tripathi and Aiden Markram have been in fine form with Nicholas Pooran having a good outing in the previous game. Shashank Singh hasn’t done much while Jagadeesh Suchith might get his chances till Sundar is back. The bowling attack of Bhuvneshwar, Jansen, Malik and Natrajan have been quite effective and impressive so far.

Predicted XI:

Abhishek Sharma, Kane Williamson (c), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shashank Singh, Jagadeesha Suchith, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, T Natarajan