Rajasthan Royals headed into their biggest game of the IPL 2024 season against Royal Challengers Bangalore with their tails between their legs. They were the huge underdogs, with RCB being seen as the outright favorite to win the game and move towards Qualifier 2 against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
But in one-off knockout games, just like in football derbies, form goes out the window. The only thing that matters is how players perform in the moment. That’s exactly what happened in the Eliminator match. Despite RCB players being in red-hot form and carrying momentum, it was RR who came out on top at the Narendra Modi Stadium and set up a mouthwatering tie against Pat Cummins’ team.
SRH vs RR IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 – Head-To-Head Record
There’s absolutely nothing separating SRH and RR when it comes to the head-to-head record. In the 19 matches against each other, SRH have claimed 10 wins, while RR managed to win 9 times against the 2016 IPL champions.
Both teams got the better of each other twice in the last four matches. But it’s worth highlighting that RR are winless in the last two matches against SRH, including the one-run defeat in the reverse fixture earlier in the season.
Total Matches | 19 |
SRH Wins | 10 |
RR Wins | 09 |
No result / Tie | 00 |
What happened in the last match between SRH vs RR?
SRH | Parameters | RR |
201/3 | Final Score | 200/7 |
T Head: 58 off 44 N Reddy: 76 off 42 H Klaasen: 42 off 19 | Key Scorers | Y Jaiswal: 67 off 40 R Parag: 77 off 49 R Powell: 27 off 15 |
B Kumar: 3-41 P Cummins: 2-34 T Natarajan: 2-35 | Key Bowlers | A Khan: 2-39 S Sharma: 1-31 |
SRH vs RR IPL 2024 Qualifier 2 – Key Players Battle
1. Sanju Samson vs Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Sanju Samson has faced 92 deliveries from Bhuvneshwar Kumar in IPL and has managed to score 118 runs at a strike-rate of 128.26. Bhuvi also claimed the wicket of his fellow Indian teammate four times.
Balls Faced | 92 |
Runs Scored | 118 |
4s / 6s | 13 / 03 |
Wickets | 04 |
2. Yuzvendra Chahal vs Heinrich Klaasen
SRH’s hard-hitter Heinrich Klaasen is likely to bat during the middle-overs when Yuzvendra Chahal is likely to be bowling. The South African relishes playing the spinners, while Chahal doesn’t shy away from any challenge. This also reflects in both players’ record against each other. Chahal has bowled 12 deliveries to Klaasen, and though the South African wicket-keeper has hit 3 sixes and one four, the Indian spinner also got him out once.
Balls Faced | 12 |
Runs Scored | 28 |
4s / 6s | 01 / 03 |
Wickets | 01 |
3. Travis Head vs Trent Boult
Although there’s not enough IPL data for Travis Head and Trent Boult’s record against each other, both players, however, have faced each other numerous times in international cricket and the record, to some extent, favors no one. Boult has bowled 127 deliveries to Head, with the Australian scoring 104 runs, including 14 fours and 3 sixes. The New Zealand fast bowler also got the better of Head 3 times in head-to-head encounters.
Balls Faced | 127 |
Runs Scored | 104 |
4s / 6s | 14 / 03 |
Wickets | 03 |
4. Riyan Parag vs T Natarajan
Riyan Parag is in the form of his life. He is scoring runs and making telling contributions in big games. But he should be wary of T Natarajan. The SRH bowler has taken Parag’s wickets twice in just 27 balls.
Balls Faced | 27 |
Runs Scored | 46 |
4s / 6s | 05/ 02 |
Wickets | 02 |
5. Abhishek Sharma vs RR’s Opening bowlers
This game could be decided by how RR’s bowlers fair against Abhishek Sharma. The SRH’s young opener has taken his game to surreal heights this season. If he manages to bat the entire powerplay, then it could be an alarming situation for Sanju Samson’s team. So the likes of Trent Boult, Avesh Khan and Sandeep Sharma will have to be on the top of their game when the bowl to Abhishek Sharma in SRH vs RR Qualifier 2 match.