The 4th match of the Indian Premier League 2023 is scheduled to play between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals on Sunday 2nd April 2023 at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are going to play its very first match of this season of the Indian Premier League against Rajasthan Royals at their home ground. Sunrisers Hyderabad was not much impressive in the previous season of IPL and failed to qualify for the playoff. They could manage to win just six out of 14 league matches. They lost eight matches and were holding the 8th position on the points table. Rajasthan Royals performed well in the previous season and reached the final but failed to win the title. They were the second-best performing team when the league matches were completed. They played 14 league matches with nine wins to their name. They lost five matches and were holding the second position on the table. They lost their first chance to qualify for the final as they were beaten by Gujarat Giants in the qualifier 1 match. They beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator match and reached to final where they were beaten by Gujarat Giants once again. Both teams had picked the best players from IPL 2023 auctions and will be hoping to win the title.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had just one title of IPL to its name which they won back in 2016 but after that, they had not been impressive in the next editions and even failed to reach the playoff. They had just been poor in the previous two seasons where they got the eighth position on the ladder. The management of Sunrisers Hyderabad had taken some bold decisions and had made major changes in the squad for this season of IPL. They also changed the coaching staff. Sunrisers Hyderabad changed the captain in the previous three seasons and now they had appointed Aiden Markram as their new leader and how he is the 4th captain in four editions. Aiden Markram is a batting all-rounder from South Africa and had played 20 matches in Indian Premier League. He had scored 527 runs with an average of 40.54 and a strike rate of 134.1. He can bat well and also can be used as a bowler in the middle overs. We are expecting that he will prove a good leader of Sunrisers Hyderabad. They picked Harry Brook from IPL auctions and we think that this was their most exciting move. Harry Brook is in superb form of his life and we are sure that he will perform well in the conditions of India.

The batting order of Sunrisers Hyderabad is very strong at least on paper. They have the batsmen like Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Philips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, and Abdul Samad. Mayank Agarwal is a pure product of the Indian Premier League and due to his best performance in IPL, he had also played international cricket for India. He had played 113 matches in IPL with 2331 runs to his account with an average of 22.63. His strike rate also had been good and he also had scored his maiden century in this tournament. We are expecting that he will lead the batting order of Sunrisers Hyderabad and will open the batting inning but we are not sure who will be his second partner. Rahul Tripathi is another good batter in their squad. He also has a good record in IPL and had scored 1798 runs in 76 IPL matches. Anmolpreet Singh is another young batsman in the squad of this team. Harry Brook from England is the main batsman of this team and we can expect that he will be the second partner of Mayank Agarwal in batting. Abdul Samad is an experienced batsman of the IPL but he had not got an international cap till now. He has a big opportunity to perform well and get a chance to play for India. The bowling unit of Sunrisers Hyderabad is strong and well-balanced. Indian Speed star, Umran Malik will be leading the bowling unit with Bhuvaneshwar Kumar. Umran Malik is another pure product of IPL and now he is also playing international cricket for India. Some best bowlers of white ball cricket like Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Adil Rashid, and Akeal Hosein are part of the bowling squad of this team.

Rajasthan Royals were near to winning the second title of IPL but were beaten by Gujarat Titans in a nail-biting competition. Remember that they won the title of the very first edition of the Indian Premier League back in 2008. Sanju Samson will be leading Rajasthan Royals once again in this edition of IPL. This is his third consecutive season of IPL as the skipper of this team. He had been the main player of his team and was known as the backbone of the batting order of the Royals. He had played 138 IPL matches with 3526 runs to his account. We are expecting that he will open the batting inning of Rajasthan Royals with Devdutt Padikkal. Devdutt Padikkal is another young player and had played a lot of IPL matches. If Devdutt Padikkal is moved to the lower batting order, he can also open the batting inning with Yashasvi Jaiswal or Jos Buttler. Jos Buttler is an experienced batsman of white ball cricket and we know that if he gets some time to set on the crease, he can convert his inning into a big total. Rajasthan Royals also has some power and a hard hitter in their batting squad.

Rajasthan Royals is a strong batting team and if they get a chance to bat first in this match, they will easily score more than 200 runs. The addition of Shimron Hetmeyer, Riyan Parag, and Joe Root makes the batting order of the Rajasthan Royals very strong. Kunal Singh Rathore, Donavon Ferreira, and Dhruv Jurel are also part of the batting squad of Rajasthan Royals. Like batting, Rajasthan Royals also have a strong bowling department. Ravichandran Ashwin is an experienced bowler of this team and has a good record while he plays in IPL. He had picked up 157 wickets in IPL and it is very difficult for any experienced batsman to score runs against him freely. Trent Boult is the leading bowler of the Royals in this tournament. He had played 78 matches in IPL with 92 wickets to his name with the best economy rate. We are sure that he will play a main role for his team in this season of the Indian Premier League. Yuzvendra Chahal is another quality spin bowler in their squad. He had picked up 166 wickets in 131 IPL matches. The spin bowling unit of Rajasthan Royals is lethal and it will be very difficult for other teams to score runs against these experienced bowlers. Adam Zampa is also part of the bowling squad of the Royals. Two main bowlers of this team Obed McCoy and Prasidh Krishna had been ruled out from this tournament but we don’t think that they will miss these bowlers as they have the best bowler like Murugan Ashwin, KM Asif, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, and Kudeep Sen as a replacement.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had played 16 matches against Rajasthan Royals where they had won 8 matches while Rajasthan Royals had also won 8 matches.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had won two out of the most recent five matches they had played while Rajasthan Royals had won three out of five recently played matches.

Sunrisers Hyderabad is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to today’s prediction, Sunrisers Hyderabad is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Sunrisers Hyderabad a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Sunrisers Hyderabad is a strong batting team
• The bowling unit Rajasthan Royals is strong than SRH
• Sunrisers Hyderabad don’t have any quality sping bowler
• Rajasthan Royals an also a well-balanced team
• Sunrisers Hyderabad has a strong and experienced batting order

Sunrisers Hyderabad is overall a strong team when we compare it with Rajasthan Royals. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Sunrisers Hyderabad have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Sunrisers Hyderabad have a 52% chance to win this match
Rajasthan Royals has a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important in the result of each and every match of IPL 2023 as we had observed in the previous editions of this tournament. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of IPL. Remember that 52% of matches had been won by chasing teams at Narendra Modi Stadium.

The 4th match of IPL T20, 2023 is going to be held at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad. This venue is known for its flat and hard surface. It generally favors the batsmen with high-scoring matches being common. The pitch tends to slow down as the match progresses making it difficult for the bowlers to get a lot of swing or spin. In the past, the pitch at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium has been known to assist spin bowlers toward the end of a match, particularly in IPL T20 matches. However, this can vary depending on the weather conditions and other factors.

The weather forecast for Hyderabad is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy. The temperature can be 26 to 30 degrees during the match.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Aiden Markram (C), Harry Brook, Glenn Philips (Wk), Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi

Rajasthan Royals: Shimron Hetmeyer, Jason Holder, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag

Captain: Jose Buttler
Vice-Captain: Aiden Markram
Sanju Samson, Shemron Hetmyer, Harry Brook, Ravi Ashwin, Jason Holder, Washington Sundar, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik

• Date: Sunday, 2nd April 2023
• Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 03:30 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
• Location: Hyderabad, India
• Opened: 2004
• Capacity: 38000
• Known as: Visaka International Cricket Stadium Ground
• Ends: Pavilion End, North End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Hyderabad (India), Sunrisers Hyderabad
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 2
• Matches won bowling first: 2
• Average 1st Inns scores: 196
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 198
• The highest total recorded: 209/4 (18.4 Ov) by IND vs WI
• The highest score chased: 209/4 (18.4 Ov) by IND vs WI

Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Harry Brook, Mayank Dagar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akeal Hosein, Marco Jansen, Kartik Tyagi, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Samarth Vyas, T Natarajan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanvir Singh, Glenn Phillips, Adil Rashid, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Vivrant Sharma, Upendra Yadav, Washington Sundar.