Manish Khorgade brings a wealth of knowledge in cricket and stats to the world of cricket betting. He was hooked on cricket as a 9-year-old back in 1992 during the ODI World Cup. Those iconic semi-finals watched along with his father left an indelible mark on him. He hasn't left cricket since. Or, more appropriately, it's the other way around.
About 13 years into the IT industry, he decided to shift base and follow cricket, wherever it might take him. Manish started with content writing for various publications. He, along with his friends, created GameOfStats - a statistics portal for fantasy sports enthusiasts - helping them create stats-based fantasy teams. He is currently a jack of all things and master of a few on this very portal - cricket-betting.com.
Being a stats expert, he spends time understanding the odds provided by the sportsbooks for various markets. He is astounded by how very little has been done when it comes to using cricket stats in predicting the outcome of an event. He aspires to change that.
Manish loves it when an underdog wins the game. He doesn’t have any favourite cricketers. Only the ones that inspire him more than others. He considers MS Dhoni to be the closest to a perfect sportsman - Brains, Brawn and Nerves. He also thinks Ben Stokes is a superstar and that Ravindra Jadeja should have some fielding drills named after him.
Manish wishes to visit major sports venues across the world. Until then he is busy talking, writing, analyzing, and debating all things cricket.
The 50th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on May 2. The clash will take place at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Royals are on a roll at the moment and have more or less one foot in the playoffs and a win here will just confirm it officially.
They have won eight out of nine matches so far and have 16 points at the moment. On the other hand, SRH seem to have lost steam losing their last two matches chasing 200+ totals by 35 and 78 runs respectively. They will have to return to winning ways soon with race for the playoffs heating up.
The expert cricket prediction for this match between SRH and RR follows in this article with analysis of both teams in action:
Sunrisers Hyderabad were going so well a couple of matches ago but suddenly two big losses to RCB and CSK have shaken them up. Their opener Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma not getting off to starts has been a problem especially while chasing big totals.
SRH will have to find a way out of that and most importantly improve on the bowling front to add two crucial points to their tally by beating the most in-form team of the season.
Returning to the home ground on flat pitch might just work in favour of Travis Head. The man has endured a couple of low scores and Head would want to return to scoring runs at a fair clip again.
He has scored 338 runs so far in eight matches at an impeccable strike rate of 211.25 with two fifties and a century to his name. Another good knock will definitely add two points to SRH’s tally.
Top Batter Stats - Recent Matches
Player | MAT | R | BT. AVG | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Travis Head | 8 | 338 | 42.25 | 211.25 |
Heinrich Klaasen | 10 | 313 | 39.12 | 181.97 |
T Natarajan is the highest wicket-taker for SRH this season even though his economy is around 9. The left-arm pacer has picked up 13 wickets so far and is the best of the lot.
SRH will have to use him in a better way so that he gets crucial wickets in order to put the opposition under pressure. A brilliant four-over spell from Natarajan can certainly tilt things in favour of SRH against RR.
Top Bowler Stats - Recent Matches
Player | MAT | W | ECON | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
T Natarajan | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12.92 |
Pat Cummins | 9 | 10 | 9.11 | 21.6 |
Rajasthan Royals are in terrific form at the moment having won eight out of nine matches so far this season. They have only lost to Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024 and are facing the SRH juggernaut for the first time this year.
Their batters like Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler are in great form while Yashasvi Jaiswal finding his mojo is the icing on the cake. The Royals will be wary of peaking early in the season but would want to continue their winning run.
Jos Buttler has quickly found his range of scoring runs after starting the season slowly. He has two hundreds to his name so far and has amassed 319 runs at an average of 53.16 and a strike rate of 150.47.
Buttler opening the innings can take the attack to the opposition from the word go and has the ability to bat through the innings and most of the times, he takes his team home.
Top Batter Stats - Recent Matches
Player | MAT | R | BT. AVG | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sanju Samson | 10 | 387 | 64.5 | 159.91 |
Riyan Parag | 9 | 352 | 50.28 | 160 |
Yuzvendra Chahal is in the race to win the purple cap this season. He has so far accounted for 13 wickets at a strike-rate of 15.6 and an average of 23.53 and is in exceptional form currently.
Chahal picked up 4/29 last year against SRH and will be confident of repeating the heroics yet again. A good spell from Chahal will really help the Royals put pressure on SRH batters.
Top Bowler Stats - Recent Matches
Player | MAT | W | ECON | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yuzvendra Chahal | 10 | 13 | 9.1 | 17.53 |
Trent Boult | 10 | 11 | 7.91 | 19.63 |
The aforementioned cricket betting tips expert will certainly help you in making informed decisions related to the match. As far as the player of the match is concerned, Travis Head can win it thanks to his ability to get going from the word go. His blistering show with the bat in the powerplay can bat out oppositions and has scored most of his 319 runs this season in the first six overs itself.
Our toss winner prediction for today’s match between SRH and RR is that the team winning the toss will bat first. Conditions are changing fast as the tournament is progressing and sides batting first are turning it on. For the same reason, the team winning the toss is likely to bat first.
Two out of three matches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium have been won by team batting first and on both occasions a total in excess of 200 was posted. Chasing big total is tough and once again, we might see a similar trend repeating.
The pitch is expected to be a good one to bat on but it won’t be easy to go big in the chase. The online cricket betting odds will certainly be in favour of RR to start with the weather predicted to be extremely hot. The temperature will be in the high-30s, specifically around 38 Degrees Celsius during the match.
Sunrisers Hyderabad are expected to beat Rajasthan Royals in this match and return to winning ways. SRH are desperate for the two points and having not faced the Royals will help them in unleashing their aggressive batters in this crucial encounter.
Manish Khorgade brings a wealth of knowledge in cricket and stats to the world of cricket betting. He was hooked on cricket as a 9-year-old back in 1992 during the ODI World Cup. Those iconic semi-finals watched along with his father left an indelible mark on him. He hasn't left cricket since. Or, more appropriately, it's the other way around.
About 13 years into the IT industry, he decided to shift base and follow cricket, wherever it might take him. Manish started with content writing for various publications. He, along with his friends, created GameOfStats - a statistics portal for fantasy sports enthusiasts - helping them create stats-based fantasy teams. He is currently a jack of all things and master of a few on this very portal - cricket-betting.com.
Being a stats expert, he spends time understanding the odds provided by the sportsbooks for various markets. He is astounded by how very little has been done when it comes to using cricket stats in predicting the outcome of an event. He aspires to change that.
Manish loves it when an underdog wins the game. He doesn’t have any favourite cricketers. Only the ones that inspire him more than others. He considers MS Dhoni to be the closest to a perfect sportsman - Brains, Brawn and Nerves. He also thinks Ben Stokes is a superstar and that Ravindra Jadeja should have some fielding drills named after him.
Manish wishes to visit major sports venues across the world. Until then he is busy talking, writing, analyzing, and debating all things cricket.
Player | MAT | R | BT. AVG | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Travis Head | 8 | 338 | 42.25 | 211.25 |
Heinrich Klaasen | 10 | 313 | 39.12 | 181.97 |
Player | MAT | R | BT. AVG | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sanju Samson | 10 | 387 | 64.5 | 159.91 |
Riyan Parag | 9 | 352 | 50.28 | 160 |
Player | MAT | W | ECON | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
T Natarajan | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12.92 |
Pat Cummins | 9 | 10 | 9.11 | 21.6 |
Player | MAT | W | ECON | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yuzvendra Chahal | 10 | 13 | 9.1 | 17.53 |
Trent Boult | 10 | 11 | 7.91 | 19.63 |