SRH vs RR, IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals, who reached the playoffs last time, will start IPL 2025 against last time's runner-up Sunrisers Hyderabad. Rajasthan's regular captain Sanju Samson is not fully fit yet, due to which he will play the role of an impact player in the first three matches. In such a situation, Riyan Parag will take over in his place. This time Rajasthan will try to win the title of the tournament for the first time since 2008.

Rajasthan Royals' bowling department has no big name except Jofra Archer and in such a situation, the biggest challenge for them will be to rein in Sunrisers Hyderabad batsmen. England batsman Jos Buttler has not been included in Rajasthan's team this time. In his absence, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Nitish Rana and Yashasvi Jaiswal will have to play an important role in batting. Two matches were played between these two teams last season. Sunrisers won both these matches. This will give their team more confidence.

Sunrisers Hyderabad's batting attack looks very strong which includes explosive batsmen like Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head. The Sunrisers team scored more than 250 runs thrice in the last season. It scored 287 against Royal Challengers Bangalore, 277 against Mumbai Indians and 266 against Delhi Capitals. If Sunrisers get a chance to bat first against Rajasthan, then it will again try to score more than 250 runs.

Sunrisers have experienced fast bowlers like captain Pat Cummins and Mohammad Shami in the bowling department, while Australia's Adam Zampa will take charge of the spin department. The Sunrisers team looks much better than Rajasthan Royals.

SRH vs RR Head-to-Head Records

Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals have squared off 20 times in IPL history. SRH have won 11 of them and RR have gone past the winning line in nine. SRH did the double over RR last season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squads for IPL 2025: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abhinav Manohar, Sachin Baby, Pat Cummins(c), Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Shami, Rahul Chahar, Jaydev Unadkat, Kamindu Mendis, Zeeshan Ansari, Wiaan Mulder, Atharva Taide, Simarjeet Singh, Eshan Malinga, Aniket Verma.

Rajasthan Royals Squads for IPL 2025: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Riyan Parag(c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shubham Dubey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Maheesh Theekshana, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Singh Rathore.

Hyderabad Pitch Report

Talking about Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, 77 IPL matches have been played here so far, out of which the team batting first has won 34 matches and the team chasing the runs has won 42 matches. The average score of the first innings here is 163. However, fast bowlers dominate here, as 70.58 percent wickets go to fast bowlers, while spinners get only 29.42 percent wickets. From this, it can be guessed that pacers will dominate here and teams will choose to bowl after winning the toss.

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium has hosted 78 IPL matches so far, out of which the team batting first has won 34 matches and the team batting second has won 43 matches. One match has been a tie. Looking at the statistics, it can be said that teams prefer to chase here. In such a situation, whichever captain wins the toss can look to bowl first.

Broadcast and Streaming Details 

Live streaming of the Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Royals IPL 2025 match will be available on the JioHotstar App and website. The SRH vs RR match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Network 18 TV channels in India.