RR vs SRH IPL 2026: Rajasthan Royals aim for a winning start in Jaipur against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
IPL 2026: RR vs SRH: At the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, the Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off in Match 36 of the 2026 Indian Premier League. The Royals finally turned things around after a difficult few games, defeating the Lucknow Super Giants by 40 runs while successfully defending a total of 160 runs.
After winning their first four IPL 2026 games, the Rajasthan Royals were at the top of the world two weeks ago. Sunrisers Hyderabad was struggling at the same time, having dropped four of their previous five games.
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The Royals’ seemingly unstoppable top order has skidded to a near standstill over their previous three games, giving them a taste of the bitterness of the law of averages.
RR vs SRH squads
Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Aman Rao, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Punja
Sunrisers Hyderabad players: Ishan Kishan (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Liam Livingstone, Kamindu Mendis, Krains Fuletra, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, David Payne, Harsh Dubey, Amit Kumar, Zeeshan Ansari
Key Stats:
This season, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Royals’ opening duo, have been in outstanding form, starting the majority of games and setting up large totals.
With 254 runs from seven games, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is RR’s top scorer. He has already hit two 15-ball fifties, which are tied for third in IPL history. In IPL 2026, his strike rate of 220.86 is likewise the highest. With 245 runs in seven games and two fifties, Yashasvi Jaiswal is not far behind Sooryavanshi. Ravindra Jadeja, an all-rounder who has scored 128 runs so far, has contributed in the middle order.
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In a Player of the Match effort against LSG, he scored an undefeated 29-ball 43 to save RR from a hazardous situation and help them win the game.
For the Royals this season, Jadeja has claimed seven scalps. With 11 wickets apiece, Jofra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi have been the Royals’ top bowlers in the 2026 Indian Premier League. With 68 wickets from 54 games for the team, Archer became the Royals’ all-time top wicket-taker after finishing with stats of 3/20 against LSG in the most recent game.
With 323 and 320 runs, respectively, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen have been SRH’s best batsmen this season. Their top bowler is Eshan Malinga, who has taken 12 wickets in seven games.
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad stats
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 6 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL
- Riyan Parag is 3 catches away from 50 catches in IPL
- Shimron Hetmyer is 4 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
- Riyan Parag is 8 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
- Ravindra Jadeja is 8 sixes away from 150 sixes in T20S
- Riyan Parag is 7 sixes away from 200 sixes in T20S
- Jofra Archer is 1 wicket away from 250 wickets in T20S
- Dasun Shanaka is 3 sixes away from 300 sixes in T20S
- Dhruv Jurel is 35 runs away from 1000 runs in T20S
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 45 runs away from 1000 runs in T20S
- Yashasvi Jaiswal is 89 runs away from 2500 runs in IPL
- Yashasvi Jaiswal is 73 runs away from 4000 runs in T20S
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