It is the fag end of the tournament and more than any other teams, these are the two teams that are desperately looking to seal their playoff berths. Rising Pune Supergiant did not get of to the best of starts in the tournament but then they peaked at the right times to give themselves more than a chance to make the cut. Ben Stokes is in good form. The only worry for RPS would be the form of Ajinkya Rahane who is a big player but has not clicked, that has hurt this western franchisee.
For Sunrisers Hyderabad they have been enjoying a dream run at home. David Warner is in ominous form and so is Bhuvneshwar Kumar. This team has it all.
The two teams have met three times, with Rising Pune winning twice and losing once.
In their last encounter when the two teams met. MS Dhoni turned back the clock in a chase of 177, producing a finishing masterclass that earned Rising Pune a four-wicket win at the MCA Stadium.
Ashish Nehra has not been playing but coach Tom Moody has hinted that he could make the first eleven today.
Likely XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 1 David Warner (capt), 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Moises Henriques, 6 Naman Ojha (wk), 7 Deepak Hooda/Bipul Sharma, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 10 Siddarth Kaul, 11 Mohammed Siraj/Ashish Nehra.
Rising Pune Supergiant: 1 Ajinkya Rahane, 2 Rahul Tripathi, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 MS Dhoni, 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Manoj Tiwary, 7 Daniel Christian, 8 Washington Sundar, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Jaydev Unadkat, 11 Imran Tahir.
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