The Cricketer takes a look at the next fixture in the 2022 Indian Premier League season
Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.
The game will be played on Sunday, May 8. The first ball will be bowled at 3:30pm local time (11am GMT).
The match will be held at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have sandwiched their five tournament wins with five defeats, which has seen them turned over in each of their last three games.
Their playoff ambitions have taken a setback, with a five-wicket defeat to Gujarat Titans and 13 and 21-run losses to Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.
RCB had been on a similarly grim run of form, losing three in a row themselves, before bouncing back into playoff contention.
They put on 173 for 8 against CSK and with the help of Harshal Patel restricted CSK to 160 for 8 - winning by 13 runs.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rodger Bosch/Getty Images)
Two mainstays of the India team over the past decade could go head-to-head in the powerplay.
Virat Kohli has hit form since reeling off four single-figure scores in five innings.
He struck his first half-century of the competition against Gujarat Titans, adding another 30 against CSK.
He'll be faced with a similar face in the form of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who has claimed 10 wickets at an economy rate of 7.17.
Matches played: 21
Sunrisers Hyderabad wins: 12
Royal Challengers Bangalore wins: 8
No result: 1
It will be a lovely sunny day in Mumbai, with temperatures hitting 33 degrees Celsius for the start of the game.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj, Faf du Plessis, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahamad, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Sherfane Rutherford, Jason Behrendorff, Suyash Prabhudessai, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Karn Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Luvnith Sisodia (injury replacement: Rajat Patidar), David Willey
Virat Kohli (Rodger Bosch/Getty Images)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood
Sunrisers start the game evens (1/1) with the bookies, with RCB are the value option at 10/11.
Two inconsistent sides meet with an eye on the playoffs. Sunrisers thrashed RCB in the last meeting, and you can expect them to repeat the trick here.
In the UK, Sky Sports have exclusive rights to this year's tournament, with matches available on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Cricket.
Fans in India can watch all of the action on Star Sports.
Elsewhere in the world, viewers in Australia can watch the IPL on Fox Sports while in New Zealand, Sky Sport will provide coverage.
Willow TV and Flow Sports will broadcast the tournament in the United States and the Caribbean, respectively.
Fans in MENA can catch the action on beIN Sports while in South Africa, SuperSport have the rights.
The IPL can also be streamed on Disney+ and Hotstar in certain areas.
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