IPL 2026: Who can beat Sunrisers Hyderabad or Rajasthan in the eliminator? Know what is the strength of both

IPL 2026: Qualifier-1 of the Indian Premier League 2026 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans on Tuesday, 26 May. The next day i.e. on 27th May, an eliminator match will be played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals. Both the teams would like to secure their place in Qualifier-1 by winning this match, so let us know before the eliminator match what is the strength of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals.

The opening pair of Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal did wonders.

The biggest strength of Rajasthan Royals this season has been their opening pair. The opening pair of 15 year old Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal thrashed the bowlers of the opposing teams and created a stir. Vaibhav Suryavanshi proved to be the biggest game-changer for Rajasthan Royals this season. He gave a great start to the team with stormy batting in the powerplay. After this, captain Riyan Parag and Dhruv Jurel took over and strengthened the team in the middle order.

Joffra Archer is bowling lethally in the powerplay.

Talking about the bowling department of Rajasthan Royals, Joffra Archer is in amazing form. He has troubled the batsmen of the opposing teams a lot with his own and yorkers. Young bowling Brijesh Sharma has impressed a lot with his bowling this season. In such a situation, both the bowlers would like to do wonders in the Eliminator match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad’s batting was the most dangerous this season

The batting order of Sunrisers Hyderabad has proved to be the most dangerous this season. This season, Sunrisers Hyderabad is on top in terms of scoring 200 or more runs in an innings the most number of times. Hyderabad team has scored 200 or more runs a total of 9 times. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head has done wonders, while the pair of Heinrich Klaasen and Ishan Kishan has created a lot of havoc in the middle order.

Pat Cummins’ return made the team stronger

Talking about the bowling of Sunrisers Hyderabad, the team has become even more dangerous after the return of captain Pat Cummins. Cummins has also batted brilliantly in powerplay and death overs. SRH’s two young bowlers Prafulla Hinge and Saqib Hussain have also impressed. The most special thing about Sunrisers Hyderabad this season was that the team did not depend on any one player. This is what is making the team dangerous and Sunrisers Hyderabad’s innings is looking heavy against Rajasthan.

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