IPL 2014: May 8 Schedule - RR vs SRH: Venue, date, predicted line-ups

Rajasthan Royals take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in their ‘home’ game in Ahmedabad today

Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad

Date and Time: May 8th 2014, 8 pm IST (2:30 pm GMT)

Current standings

*table updated till 7th May 2014

Previous meeting: Rajasthan Royals won by 4 wickets with 3 balls left (18th April 2014 at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi). The result was closer than the numbers suggest when in a chase of 134, RR lost 3 quick wickets before Rahane (59) and Binny (48) put them back on track.

Last five results

Rajasthan Royals - WWWWL

Sunrisers Hyderabad - LWLWL

Top run-scorers:

David Warner (224) and Ajinkya Rahane (224) have been the highest scorers for their teams, with Warner scoring his runs in 6 matches compared to Rahane’s 7

Rajasthan Royals - Ajinkya Rahane (224 runs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad – David Warner (224 runs)

Highest wicket-takers

Tambe has been exceptional for Rajasthan Royals, picking up a hat-trick in the last game

Rajasthan Royals - Pravin Tambe (12 wickets)

Sunrisers Hyderabad - Bhuvneshwar Kumar (10 wickets)

Predicted line-up

RR - Shane Watson (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Sanju Samson (wk), Karun Nair, Stuart Binny, Steve Smith, Rajat Bhatia, Pravin Tambe, James Faulkner, Kane Richardson, Dhawal Kulkarni.

SRH - David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Lokesh Rahul (wk), Darren Sammy, Venugopal Rao, Irfan Pathan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Karn Sharma.

Live on TV:

India – Sony Six and Sony Six HD (English commentary), Set Max (Hindi commentary)

United Kingdom – ITV4

South Africa – SuperSport

UAE – OSN

New Zealand – SkyTV

Australia – Network Ten

Bangladesh – Channel 9

Canada – Sportsnet and Omni

West Indies – Sports Max

Pakistan – Geo Super

Singapore – Starhub