SRH vs RR: Who are impact players nominated by Sunrisers Hyderabad & Rajasthan Royals for Eliminator of IPL 2026
The SRH vs RR clash is taking place on May 27.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) are clashing with Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Eliminator of the Indian Premier League 2026. The venue of the encounter is the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh.
While Sunrisers Hyderabad qualified for the playoffs by finishing third in the points table, RR finished fourth. In the league stage, SRH defeated RR in both their encounters. They have also defeated RR in the last five clashes between the two sides in the IPL.
Both teams have lethal batting units. Rajasthan Royals Yashasvi Jaiswal and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi have looked in impressive form. On the other hand, Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma have provided blistering starts to SRH in many games.
However, with batsmen like Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy, SRH have a stronger middle order. RR’s middle-order batters have struggled to support.
Pat Cummins and Eshan Malinga are two crucial pacers for SRH. Jofra Archer has led RR’s pace attack and bagged breakthroughs at crucial moments.
Who are the impact players in the SRH vs RR match?
In Eliminator of IPL 2026, SRH have won the toss and opted to BOWL first. Both sides have named five players as impact substitutes, one of whom can make a big impact in the match.
SRH Impact Players: Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel.
RR Impact Players: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Aman Rao Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande.
SRH vs RR: Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (w), Heinrich Klaasen, Smaran Ravichandran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (w), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.
Where is the SRH vs RR match taking place?
The match is underway on May 27 at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh.
Who won the toss in the SRH vs RR clash?
SRH won the toss and chose to field first in the clash.
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