SRH vs RCB, IPL 2020 Eliminator: SRH beats RCB, to face DC in Qualifier 2

RESULT: Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by six wickets to stay alive in IPL 2020. It will take on Delhi Capitals in Qualifier 2 on Sunday.

TOSS UPDATE: David Warner has won the toss and Sunrisers Hyderabad will bowl first. This is the 11th time Warner has won the toss this season.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): David Warner(c), Shreevats Goswami(w), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Aaron Finch, Devdutt Padikkal, Virat Kohli(c), AB de Villiers(w), Moeen Ali, Washington Sundar, Shivam Dube, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

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PREDICTED PLAYING XI OF RCB AND SRH

Royal Challengers Bangalore Predicted XI

1. Aaron Finch (Overseas)

2. Devdutt Padikkal

3. Virat Kohli (C)

4. A. B. de Villiers (Overseas\Wk)

5. Shivam Dube

6. Moeen Ali (Overseas)

7. Chris Morris (Overseas)

8. Washington Sundar

9. Yuzvendra Chahal

10. Mohammed Siraj

11. Navdeep Saini

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Sunrisers Hyderabad Predicted XI

1. David Warner (C/Overseas)

2. Kane Williamson (Overseas)

3. Wriddhiman Saha (Wk)

4. Manish Pandey

5. Virat Singh

6. Jason Holder (Overseas)

7. Vijay Shankar

8. Rashid Khan (Overseas)

9. T Natarajan

10. Siddarth Kaul

11. Khaleel Ahmed

Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer and Sam Curran will feature in the Twenty20 squad but have been rested for the one-day internationals -

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Cricket Australia has confirmed dates and venues for India's tour . India will play the limited-overs leg in Sydney and Canberra ahead of four-match Test series starting with a day-night Test in Adelaide. India will also play two warm-up matches against an Australia A squad - a three-day red-ball game at Drummoyne Oval between December 6-8, followed by a three-day, day-night match at the SCG from December 11-13. The Indian squad will leave for Australia from Dubai after the IPL final on November 10.

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Head-to-head: (16 matches - RCB 7 | SRH 9)

The two teams have faced each other 16 times in the IPL so far. Warner's SRH has dominated the head-to-head count with a 9-7 win/loss record.

Last IPL encounter:

RCB (120/7 in 20 overs) lost to SRH (121/5 in 14.1 overs) by 5 wickets.

In the reverse fixture this season, the sides had squared off at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on October 31, Saturday. The Sunrisers beat the Royal Challengers by five wickets on the back of an all-round performance from West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder.

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SRH - Sunrisers Hyderabad has lost just one of its last five games and is on a three-match winning streak (4:1).

RCB - Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore has won only one of its last five matches and is currently on a four-game losing streak (1:4).

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Top performers - Warner's SRH

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