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Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals Predictions & Tips - In-form Head to score big

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 21 Mar 2025

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Sunrisers Hyderabad have won three consecutive matches against Rajasthan Royals in 2024.
Travis Head is a key player for SRH, recently securing high scores.
Riyan Parag and Sanju Samson are crucial players for the Royals' performance.

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Travis Head hits to leg against the Royals. (credit: R.Satish Babu / Getty Images)

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The Sunrisers beat the Royals thrice in 2024 and are backed to make it four in a row.

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Head-to-Head
Sunrisers Hyderabad Form
Sunrisers Hyderabad Team News
Rajasthan Royals Form
Rajasthan Royals Team News

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Travis Head has scored 59* & 39 in his last 2 innings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Abhishek Sharma has scored 79, 24, 29, 9 & 135 in his last 5 innings.
Rajasthan Royals’ Riyan Parag bats at a strike rate of 143.94 in T20 cricket.
Rajasthan Royals’ Sanju Samson scored 531 runs in the 2024 IPL season.

Head-to-Head

Sunrisers have won their last three matches against the Royals. The Royals won the previous two matches on the bounce.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Form

Sunrisers lost in last season’s IPL final to the Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets.

Sunrisers’ top order collapsed to 90/8, with only Aiden Markam (20 off 23 balls) reaching the 20s. Pat Cummins added 24 off 19 balls at No 9, but Sunrisers were bowled out for 113.

The Knight Riders raced to the win to clinch their third IPL title, losing just two wickets in scoring 114/2 off 10.3 overs.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Team News

Sunrisers have a well-balanced team and have some of the world’s most dangerous whiteball batters.

Rajasthan Royals Form

After beating RCB in the Eliminator, the Royals lost Qualifier 2 to Sunrisers Hyderabad to miss out on a place in the 2024 final.

Sunrisers posted a competitive score of 175/9 off their 20 overs. Heinrich Klaasen (50 off 34 balls) hit four sixes in top-scoring for Sunrisers.

Shahbaz Ahmed (3/23) was superb with the ball, reducing the Royals to 79/5 in the 12th over. They staged a mino recovery but could only scrape their way to 139/7 off their 20 overs.

Rajasthan Royals Team News

The Royals have a solid squad and are likely to perform consistently through the season. They might lack the punch to make it to the final, but they should be challenging for a place in the playoffs.

Verdict

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals

I am backing Sunrisers Hyderabad to win. I am also backing Travis Head to top score for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Riyan Parag is a good bet to top score for the Rajasthan Royals.

Sunrisers Win

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