As IPL 2023 is moving towards its destination, the mercury of its thrill is also getting high. The effect of that rising temperature of excitement is that so far only one team has booked the playoff ticket. The struggle is on for the remaining 3 places. And, a team engaged in the same effort is Royal Challengers Bangalore, who have to face the challenge of Sunrisers Hyderabad today.

This will be the first match of Royal Challengers Bangalore against Sunrisers Hyderabad this season. And, the situation is do or die in the very first collision. Sunrisers is the team, which is already out of the tournament. In such a situation, the effect of defeat and victory in this match has to be on Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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RCB just has to keep winning

In the points table of IPL 2023, Royal Challengers have 12 points after playing 12 matches. The good thing is that his run rate has improved after the 112-run win against Rajasthan Royals in the last match. Meaning now only by winning he can get a playoff ticket. And he will have to start this script of victory with the match against SRH going to be held in Hyderabad.

RCB's road against Sunrisers is not easy

If the Bangalore team wins against Sunrisers Hyderabad, then after playing 13 matches, it will have 14 points in the points table. But to do this, he will have to push his heels against the Sunrisers. There are also two reasons for this, one is that the Hyderabad team has dominated the figures against them and the other is that Sunrisers have nothing left to lose, so they will exhibit fearless cricket.

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SRH has the upper hand over RCB in 22 collisions

This will be the 23rd match between RCB and SRH. Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 12 times in 22 matches played before this. Whereas the Bangalore team can win only 9 times. Even if we talk about the last 5 encounters, SRH has the upper hand over RCB by 3-2.

If the match is on the pitch of Hyderabad then runs will rain. The wicket must have been beaten, which is very much liked by the batsmen. As far as the weather is concerned, the temperature can remain hot.

SRH vs RCB: Dream 11 Prediction

Bangalore and Hyderabad have their first encounter this season. In such a situation, you can bet on these players to make the dream XI of this match.

Keeper- Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips

Batsmen- Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (Captain), Aiden Markram, Mahipal Lomror

Allrounders - Glenn Maxwell, Abdul Samad

Bowlers- Mohammad Siraj, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Wayne Parnell