Qualifier-2 to reach the final of IPL 2024 will be played today between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Both the teams are ready to take a step closer to the trophy. The match is played in the IPL playoffs between the team that wins the qualifier 2 eliminator match and the team that loses in the qualifier 1. Both the teams will want to win this match and qualify. The team that wins this match will play Kolkata in the final for the trophy. At the end of the tournament, RCB was defeated by Rajasthan and reached Qualifier-2, while Hyderabad reached here after losing to KKR.
The final match of IPL 2024 is going to be played at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium on May 26. The team that wins Qualifier-2 will play against Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
Ready to give it our all in 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗿 2️⃣
See you there, @rajasthanroyals 👊#PlayWithFire #SRHvRR pic.twitter.com/vGbXwFB8BG
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— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) May 22, 2024
An eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals was played in Ahmedabad, in which Rajasthan Royals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets. Whereas, Qualifier 1 match was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in which KKR won by 8 wickets and reached the final.
The two teams had a great encounter in the league stage, with Hyderabad winning by one run over Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan team’s batting and bowling is its strength. Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Rian Parag, Shimran Hetmyer played brilliant innings to help the team win. On the other hand, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal and R Ashwin performed brilliantly in bowling. If we talk about the weakness of the team, then it is the form of the team, which once goes bad, it takes time to recover.
Hyderabad’s strength lies in its batting. Hyderabad made the highest score in IPL history on the strength of their batting. Hyderabad also set a record by scoring 125 runs in the Powerplay. Hyderabad have scored more than 250 more than 3 times this season. Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head and Adam Markram have batted brilliantly for Hyderabad. If we talk about the weakness of the team then Hyderabad’s weakness is the failure of its top order.
A total of 19 matches have been played between the two teams so far, out of which Rajasthan have won 9 matches and Hyderabad have won 10 matches.
Rajasthan have faced Hyderabad once before in the playoffs in the eliminator match of IPL 2013, where Rajasthan defeated Hyderabad by four wickets.
Possible playing XI of both the teams
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Pat Cummins (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Rahul Tripathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Vijayakanth.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (Captain & Wicketkeeper), Tom Kohler Cadmore, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rian Parag, Rovman Powell, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma.
