SRH vs RR Match 2: This blog covers all the Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals match records in Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium including head-to-head, pitch reports, and stadium records.Â
Sunrisers and Royals will lock horns on Sunday 23rd March at Uppal Stadium starting at 3:30 PM IST.
The Sunrisers Hyderabad will have their next IPL combat with 2025 IPL top IPL contenders Rajasthan Royals at home ground Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.Â
Speaking of the 2024 IPL points table, Sunrisers finished 2nd position with 17 points, 8 times winner out of 14 IPL games so far in the TATA IPL 2024. SRH lost the IPL final to KKR. And now SRH will face their next rival RR in match 2 of IPL 2025.Â
Talking about Rajasthan Royals, they did great with 17 points but lost the play-off match to SRH. Under the leadership of Sanju Samson, Rajasthan Royals won 8 matches out of 14. For this season of IPL, RR will meet SRH first time at the Uppal Stadium.  Â
Let’s have a look at SRH vs RR IPL records at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium including Head to Head, Pitch Report, and Venue IPL records in the IPL 2025 season. Â
IPL 2025: SRH vs RR Head-to-Head In IPL Tournament History
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals fought with each other for the 20 times in IPL history. SRH emerged victorious on 11 occasions, while RR won 9 games. Â
The table below has all the SRH vs RR IPL Head-to-Head records and stats in the IPL.
| Total Matches | SRH Won | RR Won | Tie | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 11 | 9 | – | – |
IPL 2025: SRH vs RR IPL Head-to-Head at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals met each other 5 times at the Rajiv Gandhi Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. Out of 5 IPL games, the Sunrisers won four times and in one match Royals came out as a winner at the Uppal Stadium.Â
The table below has all the stats of SRH vs RR IPL head-to-head records at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium-
| Matches | SRH Won | RR Won | Tie | NR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | – | – |
IPL 2025: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Pitch Report Ahead of SRH vs RR
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is notoriously famous for its slow wickets. However, there will be some benefits for the spinners. Uppal Stadium has only witnessed three T20I games and 77 IPL matches out of 34 matches won by the team who batted first and 43 clinched by the team that batted second. However, in the previous SRH vs RR match, the Sunrisers went for the bat first and defeated the Royals in their home ground Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. In recent matches, the economy of stats in the Uppal Stadium makes it hard to predict who will win the SRH vs RR match with precision.Â
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL Records & Stats
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium which is also known as Uppal Stadium is going to witness the 1st match of SRH vs RR in the current IPL 2025 season.Â
The Uppal Stadium is a 2003 establishment and has 39,200 seating capacity for cricket fans. The Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is in the eastern suburb of Uppal, Hyderabad.
SRH’s home ground Uppal Stadium is one of the biggest Indian cricket grounds. It is operated by the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) a home for the Hyderabad cricket team and Hyderabad women’s cricket team.
The table below shows all of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL records and stats-
| Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium IPL Stats and Records | |||
| Location | Hyderabad, India | ||
| Also Known as | Uppal Stadium | ||
| First Match | 22/04/2008 Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils | ||
| Last IPL Match | 19/05/2024 SRH vs PBKS | ||
| Total Matches | 77 | ||
| Batting 1st won | 34 | ||
| Batting 2nd won | 43 | ||
| No Result | 0 | ||
| Highest Total | 277/3 SRH vs MI in 2024 | ||
| Lowest Total | 80/10 by DCvs SRH in 2013 | ||
| Average 1st Innings Score | 160.76 | ||
SRH vs RR Key Players
SRH X-Factors
200+ runs are no biggie for the Sunrisers Hyderabad batters as they have Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, and Heinrich Klassen. Travis had played only 7 IPL games at home ground and bagged 271 runs with a 183.11 strike rate. With 567 runs, Head was the top scorer of SRH in the IPL 2024.
Among the bowlers, SRH has Jaydev Unadkat, Mohammed Shami, and Pat Cummins who will tackle the Rajasthan bowlers at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium. Pat Cummins was the leading wicket-taker of SRH as he scalped 18 wickets in 16 IPL games in IPL 2024.
RR X-Factors
Rajasthan Royals were almost undefeatable in the IPL 2024 winning 8 games out of 14 matches. The batting line-up has Sanju Samson as a great batter including Yashasvi Jaiswal and Riyan Parag. That doesn’t mean you can underestimate the RR’s destructive lower-order batter Dhruv Jurel, and Shimron Hetmyer.Â
