IPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Match 65: Squads, Probable Playing 11, Impact Player, RCB vs SRH Fantasy Picks, Live Streaming & Telecast, Head-To-Head, Match Timings in IST, Match Prediction, Best Batter, – Cricket.com

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), who are already through to the playoffs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 with 17 points from 12 games, will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), who are out of the playoffs race, on May 23 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. 
The game, a home match for the RCB, was shifted from Bengaluru because of the rainy weather in the city, which would not have let play happen at any cost. 
Both teams have something to gain with a win in this game, although it would not make much difference on the points table. A victory will boost the confidence of the players of both teams. RCB, though, would look to finish in the top two, and a win here will only boost their chances of reaching that goal.

RCB Probable Playing 11
Virat Kohli, Phil Salt, Jacob Bethell, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Yash Dayal
Impact Player: Suyash Sharma
SRH Probable Playing 11
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 Player: Atharva Taide

RCB squad for IPL 2025
Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar (c), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Tim David, Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Yash Dayal, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Dar Salam, Manoj Bhandage, Liam Livingstone, Swapnil Singh, Josh Hazlewood, Philip Salt, Nuwan Thushara, Mohit Rathee, Swastik Chikara, Abhinandan Singh
SRH Squad for IPL 2025
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, Mohammed Shami, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Travis Head, Rahul Chahar, Smaran Ravichandran

Where to watch RCB vs SRH live in IPL 2025?
You can catch live-streaming of RCB vs SRH and every other IPL 2025 game on Star Sports Network (TV) and JioHotstar (Digital) in India.

The RCB vs SRH match will kick off on May 23 at 7:30 PM IST.

You can buy the tickets of the RCB vs SRH contest on the BookMyShow App and website, with seats available for as low as INR 599. Click here to book the tickets. 

Safe Picks: Virat Kohli (RCB), Abhishek Sharma (SRH), Josh Hazlewood (RCB), Kamindu Mendis (SRH)
Risky Picks: Jacob Bethell (RCB), Krunal Pandya (RCB), Pat Cummins (SRH), Heinrich Klaasen (SRH)

The Deccan rivalry between Hyderabad and Bengaluru has seen fierce battles, and it is Hyderabad who lead the charge with 12 wins out of 25 matches, while RCB have won on 11 occasions. Two matches ended with no result. Check out the full head-to-head results here. 

Looking just at form, RCB are the favourites to win as they have won eight out of their 12 games this season. 

When it comes to picking batters in a game featuring Royal Challengers Bengaluru, one can just blindly pick Virat Kohli for the kind of form he has had in this season. With seven fifties to his credit and more than 500 runs already this season, he is the best pick for the best batter in this game. 

Amongst bowlers, Australian Josh Hazlewood of the RCB is the ultimate choice with 18 wickets from 10 games in the IPL so far. 

In the first six matches held at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, out of 12 innings, only three have seen scores above 200 made and two of those innings came in the last game featuring SRH and hosts Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), with dew showing its effect. Thus, a high-scoring game would be on the cards this time around as well. 

The weather in Lucknow is going to be surprisingly pleasant as it is going to be partly cloudy at the start of the game around 7 pm IST, with temperatures in the lower 30s. The patterns would continue throughout the night. 

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