Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru will take on the Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 65 of the 2025 edition of the Indian Premier League at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday, May 23. Already through to the playoffs, Bengaluru will aim to secure a top-two league stage finish for the first time in nine years when they take on Hyderabad. Bengaluru have not finished inside the top two since IPL 2016, when they signed off as runners-up. Last year’s finalists, Hyderabad, are coming off a convincing six-wicket victory over the Lucknow Super Giants. RCB vs SRH Match: Lucknow Weather Forecast The temperature will be at 29 degrees Celsius on Friday evening in Lucknow. There will be 52% humidity, and there is just a 3% chance of rain, which means we have a full match on our hands. RCB vs SRH: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium Pitch Report Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium is not known as a high-scoring venue. However, there have been high-scoring encounters, and with the stakes high for Bengaluru, Monday could be one of those occasions. The last match at this venue saw Lucknow post a whopping 205/7 batting first, which was chased down by Hyderabad in the penultimate over. Hence, the captain who wins the toss would look to bowl first. RCB vs SRH Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Head-to-Head Record Matches Played: 25 RCB Won: 11 SRH Won: 13 No Result: 1 IPL 2025 RCB vs SRH Match: Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XI Royal Challengers Bengaluru Probable Playing XI: Phil Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal Impact subs: Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar, Manoj Bhandage, Liam Livingstone, Swapnil Singh Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga Impact subs: Mohammed Shami, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh Players to watch: Romario Shepherd: Fresh off a two-week-long break due to the cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan and then rain, one would hope that the Guyanese cricketer would bring in some more shots and put on a show in Lucknow, which saw him play a blazing knock earlier this month. Abhishek Sharma: If RCB have Shepherd, SRH have Abhishek. He is the highest run-scorer for Hyderabad, and is striking at 192.26. In nine IPL matches against Bengaluru, Abhishek has scored 197 runs at a strike rate of 166.9