RCB vs SRH Prediction

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad share an intense rivalry in the Indian Premier League. SRH are former champions, having clinched the title in 2016, beating none other than RCB in the final. RCB, on the other hand, have not won a single title despite playing since the inception of the league. The RCB vs SRH prediction makes for interesting reading.

Ahead of the mega 2022 auction, eight existing franchisees were forced to rebuild their squads. With AB de Villiers retiring and Virat Kohli stepping down from captaincy, RCB had a big challenge in front of them. They chose to retain Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, and Mohammed Siraj. Releasing Yuzvendra Chahal was a surprise.

SRH have defeated RCB in the final of IPL 2016 to claim their first IPL title.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad had a big fallout with their star player David Warner and later parted ways with Rashid Khan and Jonny Bairstow as well. They retained Kane Williamson and two uncapped talents in Abdul Samad and Umran Malik. This could affect the SRH vs RCB winning prediction in this edition of the Indian Premier League.

In the IPL 2022, both these teams are placed into the same group and slated to play two matches against each other. Overall, the Royal Challengers look like a better side and are likely to have an edge in SRH vs RCB prediction for the upcoming season.

SRH vs RCB Match Prediction

Sunrisers Hyderabad have had the upper hand in this rivalry against Royal Challengers Bangalore. The two teams have fought each other in 19 completed matches, out of which, SRH have claimed 11 compared to 8 wins by RCB.

The history suggests SRH could be favorites in the SRH vs RCB match prediction. We will factor in some other details to see if it holds true.

RCB’s overall auction performance wasn’t great despite them bagging some quality players. Wanindu Hasaranga and Harshal Patel cost them a significant amount. Josh Hazlewood and Dinesh Karthik were good deals for them.

Their most criticized signing was Faf du Plessis, who isn’t quite suited in that batting line-up.

SRH have won 58% of matches against RCB.

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SRH brought in some terrific players such as Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, and Washington Sundar, all of whom are likely to start in the playing XI. Getting Kartik Tyagi and Rahul Tripathi was a job well done.

SRH brought back their seam bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan as well.

The upcoming IPL T20 edition will be played entirely in Maharashtra at four venues, which will be neutral venues for both RCB and SRH.

As such the RCB vs SRH match prediction could be a tough one to predict with both teams having no distinct advantage in this edition of the Indian Premier League.

As for the IPL 2022 squads, RCB doesn’t have a great complimentary batting line-up with du Plessis, Kohli, and Karthik being suspect against leg-spin. But SRH doesn’t quite have the quality to exploit this weakness.

RCB’s bowling attack of Siraj, Hazlewood, Hasaranga and Harshal Patel looks pretty solid.

SRH have several support players but the lack of proven T20 superstars could be their downfall. Williamson, Markram and Pooran will need to carry the weight. In the bowling department, they have decent seam bowling options in Bhuvneshwar, Natarajan, and Tyagi.

SRH may have the history on their side but looking at current squads, RCB should be slight favorites in the IPL T20 match prediction for SRH vs RCB in the upcoming season.

SRH to play without David Warner and Rashid Khan this season.

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While SRH could not make up quite for the big void created by superstar playing XI candidates David Warner and Rashid Khan, RCB had the huge loss of AB de Villiers to cope with and brought in Faf du Plessis, his South Africa teammate, and childhood friend, to make up for it.

When thinking about your SRH vs RCB match prediction, it is important to remember what happened the last time these teams played each other in India: in 2018 and 2019.

We have had two very different types of games that the Sunrisers have hosted over the past two years. We saw a low-scoring game in 2018, a huge score for the Sunrisers in 2019. But, RCB beat SRH by 4 wickets in the last match that was played between these two IPL teams in India in 2019.

RCB vs SRH Head to Head

Sunrisers Hyderabad have dominated the numbers in the RCB vs SRH head to head record. They have a 58% win record, having claimed 11 out of 19 completed matches.

It rises to 86% at their home, where they won six out of seven matches. RCB have won 42% of their matches, which rises to 71% when they play at their home.

When it comes to the matches played in India, SRH have won 8 matches out of 15 while RCB have claimed 7 in RCB vs SRH head to head games in IPL.

Head to Head	RCB Played	RCB Won	RCB Win %	SRH Played	SRH Won	SRH Win %
Overall	19	8	42%	19	11	58%
Bat First	9	4	44%	10	6	60%
Bowl First	10	4	40%	9	5	56%
Home	7	5	71%	7	6	86%
Away	7	1	14%	7	2	29%
Neutral	5	2	40%	5	3	60%

The stats show a narrow lead for the Sunrisers, but there is a little more to those stats than meets the eye. The first thing to note is recent meetings, although things look close overall, the Sunrisers have won four of the last seven meetings between these two to give them a definite edge.

The SRH vs RCB head to head contests have seen some high-scoring matches and their average innings scores look impressive. RCB have an average first innings score of 163 while SRH have blasted 175 batting first on average.

As for the highest totals, RCB had once put on 227 against the Sunrisers. SRH had once hammered 231 against the Royal Challengers. When it comes to average first innings scores, SRH have a whopping average of 175, much higher than RCB. This is probably why SRH have won six of the 10 RCB vs SRH head to head games when batting first.

Head to Head	RCB	SRH
Highest Team Score	227	231
Lowest Team Score	113	130
Average 1st Inn Score	163	175
Average 2nd Inn Score	152	155

Some big names have been involved in the head to head clashes between RCB and SRH over the years. David Warner tops the batting charts with 647 runs against RCB.

Virat Kohli has scored 569 runs against the Sunrisers. Yuzvendra Chahal leads the wickets tally with 17 scalps while Bhuvneshwar Kumar has snared 16 wickets for SRH.

As for individual performances, Jonny Bairstow had blasted 114 against RCB. Mohammad Nabi has the best figures in the rivalry with 4/11. Shahbaz Ahmed’s 3/7 remains the best haul by an RCB bowler against SRH. No Royal Challengers Bangalore player has made a hundred against SRH, but Virat Kohli’s 93* is the highest score.

Head to Head	RCB	SRH
Most Runs	569 – Virat Kohli	647 – David Warner
Highest Individual Score	93* – Virat Kohli	114 – Jonny Bairstow
Most Wickets	17 – Yuzvendra Chahal	16 – Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Best Bowling Figures	3/7 – Shahbaz Ahmed	4/11 – Mohammad Nabi

Talking about the recent record, both the teams won a game each in the 2021 season. In the IPL 2020, RCB won the first game while SRH claimed the second group fixture before winning the Eliminator clash as well.

Talking about their record at neutral venues, they’ve faced each other in five matches, with SRH claiming three and RCB winning two. With the matches set to be held in Maharashtra this year, the IPL 2022 contests between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore could turn out to be quite interesting.

SRH have done well while batting first as well as batting second. They have won 60% of their matches while batting first and have chased down 56% of their targets successfully.

Tournament	Match Date	Venue	Match Winner	Margin
IPL 2022	5/8/2022	Mumbai	RCB	Won by 67 runs
IPL 2022	4/23/2022	Mumbai	SRH	Won by 9 wickets
IPL 2021	10/6/2021	Abu Dhabi	SRH	Won by 4 runs
IPL 2021	4/14/2021	Chennai	RCB	Won by 6 runs
IPL 2020	11/6/2020	Abu Dhabi	SRH	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2020	10/31/2020	Sharjah	SRH	Won by 5 wickets
IPL 2020	9/21/2020	Dubai	RCB	Won by 10 runs
IPL 2019	5/4/2019	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2019	3/31/2019	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by 118 runs
IPL 2018	5/17/2018	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 14 runs
IPL 2018	5/7/2018	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by 5 runs
IPL 2017	4/5/2017	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by 35 runs
IPL 2016	5/29/2016	Bangalore	SRH	Won by 8 runs
IPL 2016	4/30/2016	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by 15 runs
IPL 2016	4/12/2016	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 45 runs
IPL 2015	5/15/2015	Hyderabad	RCB	Won by 6 wickets
IPL 2015	4/13/2015	Bangalore	SRH	Won by 8 wickets
IPL 2014	5/20/2014	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2014	5/4/2014	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 4 wickets
IPL 2013	4/9/2013	Bangalore	RCB	Won by 7 wickets
IPL 2013	4/7/2013	Hyderabad	SRH	Won by NA tie

RCB vs SRH Toss

Both the teams have had their share of luck when it comes to the RCB vs SRH toss results. Out of 19 clashes between the two, SRH have won the toss on 10 occasions while RCB were fortunate 9 times.

Both the teams have shown a strong preference for chasing against each other. SRH have elected to bowl first on 7 out of 10 occasions while RCB have opted to chase in 7 out of 9 matches they’ve won the toss in.

RCB have a winning record of only 22% after winning the toss while SRH have a win percentage of 40%. As such, the RCB vs SRH toss winning has had little impact on the match prediction.

Both the teams are likely to bowl first when the coin toss lands in their favor in the upcoming SRH vs RCB contests.

RCB vs SRH Betting tips

In our RCB vs SRH betting tips, look out for Faf du Plessis as the player of the match. Other popular choices include Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Williamson, and Mohammed Siraj.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have the past record in their favor but when it comes to the current squads, Royal Challengers Bangalore may have some advantage.

Consistent batter Faf Du Plessis will be the key player to watch out for RCB.

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RCB vs SRH match prediction and betting tips could involve some of the key players in the teams like Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Faf du Plessis, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood.

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