Indian T20 League 2024: Hyderabad vs Rajasthan, Match 50 - MPL Opinio Prediction

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Hyderabad (HYD) will take on Rajasthan (RJS) in the 50th match of the Indian T20 League 2024 on Thursday (May 2) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Hyderabad have won five out of nine matches and are in fifth place. Rajasthan are at the top of the points table with eight wins in nine games.

Hyderabad defeated Hyderabad in their last outing by 78 runs after posting a total of 212 runs for the loss of three wickets. Rajasthan chased down the target of 197 runs in 19 overs in their previous outing against Lucknow with seven wickets in hand. 

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HYD vs RJS Head-to-Head Record: 

Both teams have come up against each other on 18 occasions and have won nine games each. Rajasthan have won three out of last five matches against Hyderabad. Both teams have won two games each at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. 

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Hyderabad vs Rajasthan, Match 50: Today's MPL Opinio Prediction

HYD vs RJS Probable Playing XIs

Hyderabad:

Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, T Natarajan 

Rajasthan:

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Rovman Powell, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal 

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Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report 

The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has been 192 runs. The batters have found enough help from the surface throughout this tournament and this might be a high-scoring as well. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.

HYD vs RJS Key Player Battles

Jos Buttler vs Hyderabad’s bowlers 

Buttler has scored 381 runs in 12 innings against Hyderabad at an average of 31.8 and a strike rate of 152.4. He has the batting strike rate of 179.2 against Pat Cummins. Buttler has scored 38 runs off 24 deliveries against T Natarajan and 43 runs off 20 deliveries against Shahbaz Ahmed. 

Sandeep Sharma vs Hyderabad’s batters 

He has picked nine wickets in nine innings against Hyderabad at an average of 36.4. He has dismissed Travis Head once in six deliveries. 

Abhishek Sharma vs Rajasthan’s bowlers 

He has scored 85 runs in four outings against Rajasthan at an average of 28.3 and a strike rate of 118.1. He has the batting strike rate of 250 against Sandeep Sharma. 

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T Natarajan vs Rajasthan’s batters 

He has dismissed Sanju Samson once in 37 deliveries and has conceded 40 runs off 37 deliveries. He has taken four wickets against Rajasthan at a strike rate of 28.5.