Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report: RR vs SRH: After a poor performance against GT, Rajasthan Royals will look to wipe the slate clean as they take on Aiden Markram led Sunrisers Hyderabad. The match will be the 52nd game of the Indian Premier League 2023 season at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Sunday, May 7, starting from 7:30 PM. Sanju Samson led Royals have had a tough last few matches, losing four of their last five matches. Sunrisers are the second worst team in terms of their performance this season, winning just 3 games so far. In the upcoming match, Royals would look to strengthen his team’s position for the playoffs while SRH would look to move up on the table. Follow IPL 2023 Live Updates with Insidesport.IN
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The Royals had a strong start to their campaign winning four of the first five games, but have since derailed, losing four of their last five games, the last one being at their home against GT. Among the top order batters, only Yashasvi Jaiswal has consistently performed with others being more miss than hit. RR have an overall strong teams but will need their senior batters in Samson and Buttler to stand up and help their bowling trio of Boult, Ashwin and Chahal.
Sunrisers are stuck at the ninth position with just six points from nine games. Apart from Mayank Markande, no bowler has stood out for them and in terms of batting their top order has let them down. However, they still have a slim chance to make the playoffs but must win their remaining league stage games in order to advance to the playoffs.
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch Report
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Pitch favors bowlers due to its slow surface. The initial overs in the RR vs SRH match may see the the pacers get some help from the pitch. Scoring boundaries here might be a slight challenge due to the large dimensions of the stadium.
Both the teams should look to make the most of the power play. With only 1% chance of rain, the temperature in Jaipur could hover around 25 to 38 degrees Celsius with slight breeze during the night time.
A total of 50 IPL matches have been played at this venue, with the chasing team winning 33 times and the team batting first winning 17 times. The average score for the team batting first is 159 runs.
This will be the fourth match played here this season, the pitch this season has played different in each game. The first two games saw the chasing side struggle while the 3rd game was an aberration as RR managed to make just 118.
The highest total ever recorded is 202 runs, set by the home team Rajasthan Royals. Conversely, the Mumbai Indians hold the record for the lowest total ever recorded at this venue, scoring only 92 runs.
Both teams are likely to aim for winning the toss and choose to bat first and put up an big target to the board.
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