If knockout match between Hyderabad and Bengaluru, they will face Delhi in qualifiers

The 13th season eliminator of IPL will be played in Abu Dhabi between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 7:30 pm today. The winning team will have to play Qualifier-2 from Delhi Capitals to reach the final. Delhi was defeated by Mumbai Indians by 57 runs in the first qualifier.

Hyderabad has played 7 matches so far in the play-offs. In which he won 3 and lost 4. At the same time, Bengaluru played a total of 5 matches, 3 wins, and 2 losers.

1-1 draw in both seasons

The season saw 2 matches played between the two teams, one match won by Hyderabad and one from Bengaluru. In the third match of the season played in Dubai, Bangalore defeated Hyderabad by 10 runs. After this, Hyderabad defeated Bengaluru by 5 wickets in the 52nd match of the season in Sharjah.

Hyderabad third and Bengaluru fourth in points table

In the league round, both teams won 7 out of 14 matches and lost 7. Hyderabad finished second and Bangalore third on 14 points based on a better net run rate. Warner's team has won its last three matches. At the same time, Bengaluru has lost in the last 4 matches.

Warner named 500+ runs in season

Warner has scored 529 runs at an average of 44.08 so far this season. During this time, he has also put 4 Fifty. He is also the first batsman to score more than 500 runs in 6 seasons. Apart from Warner, the team will have the responsibility of batting on Manish Pandey (380), Johnny Bairstow (345), and Wriddhiman Saha (214).

Rashid-Natarajan top wicket-taker

The bowling lineup in Hyderabad will be on Rashid Khan and T Natarajan. Rashid has taken the highest number of 19 wickets for the team in the season. Natarajan has 14 wickets to his name. At the same time, Sandeep Sharma is at number three with 13 wickets.

Padikkal-Kohli Bangalore's top scorers

Devdutt Padikkal has scored the highest number of 472 runs in a season for Bengaluru. After this comes the number of captain Virat Kohli, who has scored 460 runs so far in the season. AB de Villiers is third with 398 runs.

Chahal is the only spinner in the top-5 bowlers of the season.

Bengaluru's Yuzvendra Chahal is the only spinner in the top-5 among the Purple Cap contenders in the season. All the rest are fast bowlers. Chahal has taken 20 wickets for his team so far in the season. Chris Morris is second with 11 wickets after Chahal.

Expensive players from both teams

Captain David Warner is the most expensive player in Hyderabad. The team will give him 12.50 crores of a season. After him, Manish Pandey is named in the team, who will get Rs 11 crore this season. At the same time, captain Virat Kohli is the most expensive player in Bangalore with 17 crores and AB de Villiers worth 11 crores.

Pitch and Weather Report

The sky will be clear during the match in Abu Dhabi. The temperature is likely to be between 23 and 33 degrees Celsius. The pitch can help the batsmen. Being a slow wicket here will also help the spinners a lot. The team that wins the toss will like to bowl first. Before this IPL, the success rate of the first bowling team victory in the last 44 T20s was 56.81%.

Total T20: 44 on this ground

First Batting Team Won: 19

First bowling team won: 25

Average team score in first innings: 137

Team's average score in the second innings: 128

Hyderabad won the title 2 times, Bengaluru still waiting

Hyderabad made the finals 3 times (2009, 2016, and 2018) and won the title 2 times (2009 and 2016). At the same time, Bengaluru played the final under the captaincy of Anil Kumble in 2009 and Daniel Vettori in 2011. The team also reached the final under Virat's captaincy in 2016. Every time Bengaluru faced defeat. In 2016, Hyderabad was defeated by Bengaluru in the final.