Rajasthan Royals will look to build on their winning momentum as they gear up for their first home game in Jaipur this campaign, taking on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their eighth match of the IPL 2026 season at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Saturday.
The RR vs SRH IPL 2026 match on April 25 will start at 7:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and will be available to watch live.
After back-to-back defeats, Rajasthan Royals returned to winning ways in their last outing against Lucknow Super Giants.
They began their campaign with home wins against Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, and Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the ACA Stadium in Guwahati and also beat Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will also enter the clash against RR in good form having won each of their last three matches, including a victory over the Royals. The 57-run loss to SRH in Hyderabad earlier this month was the Royals’ first defeat of the campaign.
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Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 standings
With five wins from their first seven matches this season, the Rajasthan Royals are currently second in the IPL 2026 points table with 10 points. Sunrisers Hyderabad are fourth with eight points after four wins from seven games so far. Find the updated IPL points table here.
RR vs SRH in IPL
Rajasthan Royals have won nine of the 22 RR vs SRH IPL head-to-head matches while Sunrisers Hyderabad have come out on top 13 times.
Rajasthan Royals last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
LSG | Lucknow | Won | April 22, 2026 | 40 runs |
KKR | Kolkata | Lost | April 19, 2026 | Four wickets |
SRH | Hyderabad | Lost | April 13, 2026 | 57 runs |
RCB | Guwahati | Won | April 10, 2026 | Six wickets |
MI | Guwahati | Won | April 7, 2026 | 27 runs |
Sunrisers Hyderabad last five matches
Opponent | Venue | Result | Match Date | Margin |
DC | Hyderabad | Won | April 21, 2026 | 47 runs |
CSK | Hyderabad | Won | April 18, 2026 | 10 runs |
RR | Hyderabad | Won | April 13, 2026 | 57 runs |
PBKS | Chandigarh | Lost | April 11, 2026 | Six wickets |
LSG | Hyderabad | Lost | April 5, 2026 | Five wickets |
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad players
The Royals’ opening pair of Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal have been in excellent form this season, providing solid starts in most games and laying strong foundations for big totals.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is RR’s leading scorer with 254 runs from seven matches and has already smashed two 15-ball fifties - the joint third-fastest in IPL history. His strike rate of 220.86 is also the highest in IPL 2026.
Yashasvi Jaiswal isn't far behind Sooryavanshi, notching 245 runs in seven matches and has also hit two fifties.
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has contributed in the middle order with the bat having amassed 128 runs so far.
He scored an unbeaten 29-ball 43 in the last match to rescue RR from a precarious position and helped them win the game in a Player of the Match performance against LSG.
Jadeja has taken seven scalps for the Royals this season. Jofra Archer and Ravi Bishnoi have been the Royals’ best bowlers in IPL 2026 with 11 wickets each.
Archer finished with figures of 3/20 against LSG in the last match and became the Royals’ all-time leading wicket-taker with 68 scalps from 54 matches for the franchise.
Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen have been SRH’s standout performers with the bat this season, amassing 323 and 320 runs, respectively. Eshan Malinga with 12 wickets in seven games is their best bowler.
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RR vs SRH squads
Rajasthan Royals players: Riyan Parag (captain), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Ravi Singh, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Aman Rao, Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Yudhvir Singh, Jofra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Kwena Maphaka, Nandre Burger, Sushant Mishra, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Milne, Brijesh Sharma, Ravi Bishnoi, Vignesh Puthur, Yash Punja
Sunrisers Hyderabad players: Ishan Kishan (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Aniket Verma, Smaran Ravichandran, Salil Arora, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins, Liam Livingstone, Kamindu Mendis, Krains Fuletra, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Sakib Hussain, Onkar Tarmale, Jaydev Unadkat, Shivam Mavi, Harshal Patel, Eshan Malinga, David Payne, Harsh Dubey, Amit Kumar, Zeeshan Ansari
Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad stats
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 6 sixes away from 50 sixes in IPL
- Riyan Parag is 3 catches away from 50 catches in IPL
- Shimron Hetmyer is 4 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
- Riyan Parag is 8 sixes away from 100 sixes in IPL
- Ravindra Jadeja is 8 sixes away from 150 sixes in T20s
- Riyan Parag is 7 sixes away from 200 sixes in T20s
- Jofra Archer is 1 wicket away from 250 wickets in T20s
- Dasun Shanaka is 3 sixes away from 300 sixes in T20s
- Dhruv Jurel is 35 runs away from 1000 runs in T20s
- Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is 45 runs away from 1000 runs in T20s
- Yashasvi Jaiswal is 89 runs away from 2500 runs in IPL
- Yashasvi Jaiswal is 73 runs away from 4000 runs in T20s
Where to watch RR vs SRH IPL 2026 live
Live streaming of the Rajasthan Royals vs Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2026 match will be available on the JioHotstar App and website. The RR vs SRH match will be telecast live on the Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Sports 1 Telugu, Star Sports 1 Kannada and their corresponding HD TV channels in India.
RR vs SRH venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium records
- Highest team total: 219/5 by PBKS against RR in 2025
- Lowest team total: 59/10 by RR against RCB in 2023
- Highest individual score: 113 by Virat Kohli, RCB vs RR, 2024
- Best bowling figures: 6/14 by Sohail Tanvir, RR vs CSK, 2008
- Highest partnership: 166 by Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, first wicket, RR vs GT, 2025
- Win rate batting first: 30% (3 Won; 7 Lost)
- Average first innings score: 195
- Average first innings winning score: 205
