Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Betting Tips & Predictions

Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Winner Prediction

Recommended Bet: Back Rajasthan Royals to win @ 1.74 with Pure Win 

This should be a pretty tight game between two sides who look well-matched and could have slightly challenging seasons so they’ll be both desperate to start off with a win.

With little to choose between them on the head-to-head record, it may be a case of trying to work out where the game might be won and lost.

And it may just be in the spin bowling department where Ashwin and Chahal could strangle the opposition in those middle overs.

It also looks like the Royals may have slightly the better top order with Samson and Buttler capable of doing more damage than Williamson and whoever opens with him.

It could be a very close game but the Royals just about get the vote.

They’re the pick as our match winner. 

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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Hot Bet

Recommended Bet: Back Sanju Samson to top score for Rajasthan @ 4.55 with 10CRIC 

Samson played an absolute blinder in the opening match of the 2021 IPL season against the Punjab Kings, scoring a brilliant 119 which in the end, wasn’t quite enough.

So he’s got history when it comes to starting a season in style and has been in decent form recently, with a good 39 off 25 in T20I against Sri Lanka last month.

He’ll bat at three or four and this isn’t necessarily the best batting line-up around, so if he can beat Buttler he’ll be halfway to being the Royals’ top batsman.

At the odds, he looks like a good bet.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Recent Form

After finishing rock bottom last season, Sunriseres Hyderabad made some curious decisions before the start of this season.

They decided to keep Kane Williamson on as skipper, probably a good choice. But in making him their highest paid player, they lost Rashid Khan in the process.

And then rather than retain some of their more experienced players in addition to Williamson, they kept on Abdul Samad and Umran Malik, who are more ones for the future.

But they can’t do any worse than last season, they’ll have Williamson in charge from the start this year and if they can be the ones to get Nicholas Pooran to bat the way we know he can, they could have a better season than some may think.

Rajasthan Royals’ Recent Form

The Rajasthan Royals had another poor season, with only SRH doing worse than them!

They seem to have abandoned their policy of packing the side with English players and Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Liam Livingstone have all moved on, with only Jos Buttler remaining from the English contingent.

Samson stays on as skipper and they also decided to retain Buttler, who has been extremely consistent for them over the years.

The bowling looks very decent considering Ashwin and Chahal are India regulars, Boult is a key player for New Zealand and in Coulter-Nile and Neesham, they have two very handy all-rounders.

Venue & conditions

The Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune hasn’t been used since the Pune Super Giants were in the league all those years ago.

So it will be a bit hard to know what to expect from this surface, which is why the captain winning the toss is likely to want to chase because it won’t be so easy to know what a par score is.

When India played here a couple of years ago against Sri Lanka, they posted just over 200, so the signs are that it should be a good wicket.