The winner of this match will advance to the Qualifier 2 game, where they will face the loser of the tie between the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the Gujarat Tigers. The loser will see their campaign end.

The Eliminator is scheduled for Thursday, May 28 (00:00 AEST).

Quick Picks

• Our pick: Sunrisers to win
• Value bet: Over 22.5 Total Match Sixes
• Long shot: Abhishek Sharma to be the Top Sunrisers Hyderabad Runscorer (20 Overs)

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The Sunrisers qualified for the playoffs after defeating the Chennai Super Kings on May 19, securing a spot in the penultimate game of their round-robin series.

The Royals would need the final game of the round-robin to secure their place in the eliminator, securing a 30-run victory over the Mumbai Indians on May 25.

Hyderabad would finish the league campaign in third, securing nine wins from their 14 matches.

They would finish with the three times above them for points, but their net run rate was worse than RCB and the Titans. They had a wobble towards the end of the campaign, losing two of their final five.

The Royals finished fourth on 16 points, winning eight games. Across their last five, they won just two; these proved to be the most important two, as these back-to-back victories ensured they'd be in the playoffs.

The game will be played at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, which hasn't hosted any games so far in this year's IPL betting tournament. It will also host the Qualifier 2 game.

Betting Markets to Watch

The Sunrisers are considered the pre-match favourites to win. Indeed, the two meetings this year went by the way of the Sunrisers, with both in comfortable fashion.

They won by 57 runs in the first meeting, before winning by 5 wickets in the second.

The Sunrisers certainly have a lot of depth in their squad. With the bat, Heinrich Klaasen (606 - 3rd overall), Ishan Kishan (569 - 6th overall), and Abhishek Sharma (563 - 7th overall) will be worth watching, while Sakib Hussain is one to watch with the ball, as he took 15 wickets from 10 games (11th overall).

For the Royals, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has had a solid competition, scoring 583 (5th overall), with Dhruv Jurel scoring 458 (15th). Jofra Archer has 21 wickets with the ball from 14 matches, averaging a wicket for every 21.71 runs conceded.

With these statistics and the quality of the two squads in mind, we think there's going to be numerous sixes in the match, with the value in the 'Over 22.5 Total Match Sixes' market.

Our Prediction

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Our prediction is a likely Sunrisers win, while our long shot is for Abhishek Sharma to be the Top Sunrisers Hyderabad Runscorer (20 Overs).