We are exactly 10 days away from knowing the final winner of the IPL 2018. On one hand, where Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings have made it to the Playoffs, we are yet to know the third and fourth team who would make the cut. Today, on day 41 we have Royal Challengers Bangalore hosting the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 51st match of IPL 11. The match will be played at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.

It is only towards the fag end of the season has RCB has managed to get their combinations right. Whereas SRH as mentioned above has already booked a spot for the Playoffs but are coming back from two consecutive losses. Before we spell out our predictions for today, let’s speak about the match on yesterday between Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab.

Highlights match no 50 on May 16, 2018: Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab

The 50th match of the IPL 2018 at the Wankhede Stadium was no less than a nail-biting thriller. Until the last bowl, we did not know which way the result of the match would go. All thanks to KL Rahul’s innings of 94 from 60 balls after the hosts posted a total of 186 runs on the board. None of them apart from KL Rahul and Aaron Finch contributed for KXIP. After KL Rahul departed, the KXIP squad collapsed like a pack of cards. The team lost the game by 3 runs.

Mumbai Indians 186 for 8 (Pollard 50, Krunal 32, Tye 4-16) beat Kings XI Punjab 183 for 5 (Rahul 94, Finch 46, Bumrah 3-15) by three runs

Day 41 IPL 2018 Schedule: RCB vs SRH

As mentioned above RCB will be in front of their home crowd and are all set to face SRH for the second time in the IPL 11. The last time the two locked horns against each other, Sunrisers clinched victory by 5 runs.

Day 41 Predictions; RCB vs SRH

Going by the records, we clearly feel that Sunrisers Hyderabad will dominate Virat’s men in all departments of the game. Out of the 11 matches played so far Royal Challengers Bangalore won - 4, Sunrisers Hyderabad won – 7.

A Look at the IPL 2018 points table

The first position is occupied by the Sunrisers Hyderabad with Chennai Super Kings on number 2. KKR is on number 3 and after winning the match against Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai is now on 4. 

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