Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier 2 of the IPL playoffs and the winners of Friday's clash in Chennai go on to face Kolkata Knight Riders in Sunday's final.

How to watch Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals and TV channel

Friday's IPL Qualifier 2 will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Cricket in the UK.

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals start time, date and venue

The match starts at 15:00 UK time on Friday 24th May and it will be played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

There is little to choose between the Sunrisers and the Royals in terms of the overall head-to-head record as their 19 IPL meetings have produced 10 wins for Hyderabad and nine for Rajasthan.

The Sunrisers edged ahead this season thanks to a one-run win in a thriller in Hyderabad on 2nd May after Rajasthan had required just 21 runs from the final 17 balls with six wickets in hand.

Rajasthan finished the league stage of this term's IPL with four straight defeats, but bounced back in Wednesday's play-off Eliminator, beating in-form Royal Challengers Bengaluru by four wickets.

The Sunrisers were outclassed by Kolkata in Qualifier 1, but they have posted three of the four highest totals this season, including an IPL record score of 287-3 against Bengaluru.

Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals head-to-head record (H2H)

Sunrisers Hyderabad wins	10
Rajasthan Royals wins	9

*H2H stats refer to IPL

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Sunrisers Hyderabad v Rajasthan Royals team news

Sunrisers Hyderabad team news

The Sunrisers may pick the same team who featured in the defeat to Kolkata, so Sri Lankan leg-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth is likely to be preferred to South Africa batter Aiden Markram. 

Rajasthan Royals team news

English opener Tom Kohler-Cadmore should keep his place at the top of the order as Jos Buttler has returned home for a T20I series against Pakistan.

Middle-order batter Shimron Hetmyer returned from injury in Wednesday's win over Bengaluru.