It is SRH vs RR, the eliminator match of IPL 2026, at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh, the first ball action starts at 7:30 PM IST. After this match, it will be decided which team will be playing Qualifier-2 against the Gujarat Titans on 29th May 2026 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium, New Chandigarh.
And the stakes for both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals are high, because the team which will lose from this point will be eliminated from IPL 2026. So, it is the last match for one of them today. Both the captains will look to grab the opportunities to score runs and take wickets.
SRH vs RR Eliminator Likely to Witness a High-Scoring Thriller at This Pitch
SRH vs RR, the pitch of the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium will benefit batters, as seen in previous match outcomes where the team that has batting depth in their playing XI has a higher chance to win the match, as the pitch here is for a high-scoring game, and the average score here in the first innings is around 210+.
For fast bowlers, the bounce here is too much, but it is only for the first few overs of the match. If the team that bats first survives 4-5 overs here, then later run-making here will be easy. Pat Cummins and Jofra Archer will be in action today, especially in the powerplay.
SRH Win Toss and Elect to Field Against RR in High-Voltage Eliminator
The blockbuster clash at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh PCA Stadium, on the soil of Punjab, the whole ground is filled with pink and orange jerseys, because it is the SRH vs RR Eliminator, and Pat Cummins and Riyan Parag both will look forward to gripping the match in their favour. The toss action began as Pat Cummins flipped the coin and Riyan Parag called tails, but Pat Cummins was lucky today, and SRH won the toss and elected to field first.
Praful Hinge comes back into the Sunrisers squad today, and on the other side, Riyan Parag also wanted to bowl first, but he looked pretty confident as the toss didn’t fall in his favour, but it didn’t affect him much. Ravindra Jadeja comes into the playing XI, and Shubham Dubey is now the substitute.
SRH Playing XI vs RR
- Pat Cummins (c)
- Abhishek Sharma
- Travis Head
- Ishan Kishan (wk)
- Heinrich Klaasen
- Smaran Ravichandran
- Nitish Kumar Reddy
- Shivang Kumar
- Eshan Malinga
- Sakib Hussain
- Praful Hinge
SRH Substitutes
- Aniket Verma
- Salil Arora
- Liam Livingstone
- Harsh Dubey
- Harshal Patel
RR Playing XI vs SRH
- Riyan Parag (c)
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
- Dhruv Jurel (wk)
- Donovan Ferreira
- Dasun Shanaka
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Jofra Archer
- Nandre Burger
- Brijesh Sharma
- Yash Raj Punja
RR Substitutes
- Shubham Dubey
- Sushant Mishra
- Aman Rao
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Tushar Deshpande
