On Sunday (11th October) afternoon, SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face Rajasthan Royals (RR) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai) in the 26th match of the IPL 2020.
After their six matches, while SunRisers Hyderabad are currently in the fifth position in the IPL 2020 points table with 6 points (3 wins and 3 loses), Rajasthan Royals are currently in the seventh position in the same points table after earning 4 points (2 wins and 4 loses).
IPL 2020, Match 26: SunRisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals (SRH vs RR) – Stats Preview
Teams’ forms in IPL 2020
Recent results (in last 5 matches)
SRH (oldest to latest) – Lost, Won, Won, Lost and Won
RR (oldest to latest) – Won, Lost, Lost, Lost and Lost
- Rajasthan Royals have never suffered more than four consecutive defeats. But if they lose on Sunday (11th October), it will be the first time when Rajasthan Royals will suffer five consecutive defeats.
Men-in-form
| Stats | SRH | RR |
| Top run-scorers | Jonny Bairstow (241 runs) | Sanju Samson (176 runs) |
| David Warner (227 runs) | Steven Smith (157 runs) | |
| Manish Pandey (148 runs) | Rahul Tewatia (144 runs) | |
| Top wicket-takers | Rashid Khan (8 wickets) | Jofra Archer (8 wickets) |
| Thangarasu Natarajan (7 wickets) | Rahul Tewatia (5 wickets) | |
| Khaleel Ahmed (4 wickets) | Shreyas Gopal (4 wickets) |
Records of SRH and RR in UAE
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied (W/L) | No Result |
| SRH | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 (0/0) | 0 |
| RR | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 (1/0) | 0 |
Records of SRH and RR in Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai)
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied (W/L) | No Result |
| SRH | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 (0/0) | 0 |
| RR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 (0/0) | 0 |
Crucial personal stats
SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)
David Warner
i) David Warner has scored 4933 runs in IPL career. By scoring 67 more runs, he will become the first overseas batsman and fourth overall batsman to score 5000 IPL runs. While Warner has played 132 IPL innings, he will break the record of Virat Kohli’s 5000 IPL runs in 157 innings and become the fastest batsman to complete 5000 IPL runs.
Manish Pandey
i) By adding nine more runs, Manish Pandey (2991 runs) will complete 3000 IPL runs. The right-handed batsman will be 16th batsman to score 3000 IPL runs.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Jos Buttler
i) England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler (989 runs) is 11 runs away to complete his 1000 T20 runs for Rajasthan Royals. While five batsmen have already scored 1000 T20 runs for this team, only Australian cricketer Shane Watson (2474 runs) was the overseas cricketer.
Steven Smith
i) Present Rajasthan Royals skipper and Australian cricketer Steven Smith (916 runs) is 84 runs away to complete his 1000 T20 runs for this IPL team.
Sanju Samson
i) Sanju Samson has already scored 1900 T20 runs for Rajasthan Royals. By adding 100 more runs, Samson will become the third batsman to score 2000 T20 runs for this team. Only their former team members Ajinkya Rahane (3098 runs) and Shane Watson (2474 runs) have reached this feat.
Shreyas Gopal
i) Leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal (35 wickets) is only one wicket away to surpass their former leg-spinner Pravin Tambe (35 wickets) and become the second most wicket-taker as a spinner for Rajasthan Royals. Former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne is the only spinner who is ahead of them in this list with 58 T20 wickets for this team.
Jaydev Unadkat
i) By taking one more wicket, left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat (22 wickets) will put behind Sohail Tanvir (22 wickets) and become the second most IPL wicket-taker as a left-arm bowler for Rajasthan Royals. Their former team member, Australian left-arm pacer James Faulkner is the leader in this particular list with 47 IPL wickets for Rajasthan Royals.