SRH vs RR Eliminator Live: Sooryavanshi, Jaiswal eye strong start against Pat Cummins-led bowling attack

Eshan Malinga delivers three dot balls in the second over to keep the game balanced in the powerplay. Sooryavanshi finds another six over the deep fine leg to keep the runs coming for RR.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi - 13 off 5 balls

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 7 off 7 balls

RR - 20/0 in 2 overs (CRR 10.00)

Sooryavanshi takes no time to settle and smashes a stunning six straight down the ground. A good start from the youngster today.

Vaibhav Sooryavansh - 7 off 3 balls

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 2 off 3 balls

RR - 9/0 in 1 over (CRR 9.00)

Openers Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Yashasvi Jaiswal are out in the middle to kick off the game.

Pat Cummins to bowl the first over in Eliminator.

The game is on in Mullanpur...

Teams bowling first have won 3 of 4 games in Mullanpur this season. Punjab Kings won three games chasing here and dominated LSG by scoring 254 while batting first in the last game in Mullanpur.

Ravindra Jadeja played the last game as an impact player, but returns to starting XI today. Shubham Dubey makes the way.

RR XI (batting first): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja

Impact players: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Amanal Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande

Just one change to SRH's XI today as Praful Hinge replaces Harshal Patel. Salil Arora starts from the bench.

SRH XI (bowling first): Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (wk), Heinrich Klaasen, R Smaran, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Pat Cummins (c), Shivang Kumar, Eshan Malinga, Sakib Hussain, Praful Hinge

Impact players: Aniket Verma, Salil Arora, Liam Livingstone, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel

Captains Pat Cummins and Riyan Parag are out in the middle for the toss.

Cummins wins the toss and Sunrisers Hyderabad are bowling first today

Praful Hinge returns for SRH.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi smashes 103 off 37 when both SRH and RR faced each other in theri last meeting in Jaipur. In response, Abhishek Sharma smashed 57 off 29 balls to help SRH win the game.

Abhishek has scored 563 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 206.22 so far this season. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is leading the World No. 1 T20I batter with 583 runs in 14 innings at a strike rate of 232.27.

Both openers are nejoying their best season in IPL so far and will be key to their teams' result in the Eliminator clash today.

Two teams enter. One dream survives 🏆

It’s @SunRisers and @rajasthanroyals in a 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 #Eliminator tonight 🔥#TATAIPL | #TheFinalLeap | #SRHvRR pic.twitter.com/Qwtho2Phwt

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 27, 2026

Sunrisers Hyderabad have been a dominant force in this contest with 14 wins in 23 meetings. SRH have also won all of their last 6 meetings against RR and are favourites to win today.

• Matches played - 23
• SRH won - 14
• RR won - 9
• NR - 0

Rajasthan Royals won their last two league stage games to finish fourth in the points table. The Royals overcame three successive defeats in the second half of the season to secure the last playoff spot ahead of PBKS.

In their last game, Riyan Parag's side scored 205 runs against the Mumbai Indians at Wankhede Stadium. Jofra Archer made the headlines for his performances with both bat and ball, but it was another collective team effort from the 2008 champions.

Ravindra Jadeja and Riyan Parag are nursing minor injuries ahead of the Eliminator clash, but are expected to play regardless of their fitness status.

Sunrisers Hyderabad finished the league stage with 18 points, on level with the top two sides, RCB and GT, but their net run rate denied them a Qualifier 1 berth.

SRH have been brilliant in the second half of the season and wrapped their group stage campaign with a dominant win over RCB. Pat Cummins' side posted 255 batting first and then restricted RCB to 200.

A big win just before the playoffs significantly boosts Hyderabad's morale and confidence against RR.

Hello everyone, welcome to Sports Yaari's live coverage of today's IPL game in New Chandigarh.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are taking on Rajasthan Royals in the Eliminator game of the 2026 season in Mullanpur. A winner of this fixture will play the Gujarat Titans in Qualifier 2 on May 29 in New Chandigarh.

So, stay tuned for live scores and match updates here...