RR vs SRH Prediction: 12/5 for Archer to be star of the show

Two of the best teams in the first half of this year’s IPL face off on Saturday (3pm BST, live on Sky Sports Cricket) as Rajasthan Royals host Sunrisers Hyderabad in Jaipur.

Read on for my RR vs SRH predictions, including the latest odds and team news.

Rajasthan Royals bounced back from two defeats with a comfortable success over the Lucknow Super Giants in their last game, taking their record for the season to five wins and two losses from their seven games.

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a poor start to their campaign but three wins on the spin has got them looking up, they now sport a record of four victories and three defeats from seven matches.

RR vs SRH Odds

Rajasthan Royals are 4/5 to win this one, while Sunrisers Hyderabad are EVS to secure the victory.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is 5/2 favourite to be Rajasthan’s top batter, while Abhishek Sharma is 13/5 to top score for Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Team News

Rajasthan Royals may field a similar team to the one which beat Lucknow Super Giants last time out, meaning that the leaky Sandeep Sharma could continue to miss out.

For Sunrisers Hyderabad, they have been handed a massive boost with the news that their captain Pat Cummins has been passed fit to play his first game of this IPL season.

Over 385.5 total match runs @ 5/6

This will be the first IPL game of the season in Jaipur, but the pitch has typically been friendly to batters in the past and these are two teams that could take full advantage of that.

At the time of writing, four of the top seven runscorers in this year’s competition are set to play in this clash, with Ashishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal all making at least 245 runs.

Expect the two teams to go all out from the off and that should lead to a high-scoring game in which the match runs line of 385.5 is busted.

Jofra Archer - Top Home Team Bowler @ 12/5

Rajasthan Royals have impressed on both sides of the ball this year and key to the success of their bowling attack has been Jofra Archer, particularly in recent weeks.

The England international has an economy rate of 7.56 and has taken eight wickets in his last four games. He tends to excel against left-handers and with the visitors sporting plenty of them in their lineup, this could be the perfect matchup for Archer.

The 31-year-old has been his team’s top bowler in two of their last three outings and looks a solid bet to repeat the trick in this clash.

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