RR vs SRH IPL 2026 Match 36 Betting Odds & Prediction

Rajasthan Royals take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 36 of IPL 2026 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday, April 25.

RR enter as favorites, backed by home conditions, a spin-friendly surface that suits their attack, and a batting lineup that has been one of the most watchable in the tournament. They sit second on the points table with five wins and two losses from seven games, accumulating 10 points. SRH, meanwhile, has been on a three-match winning streak and sits fourth with four wins and three losses from seven games, picking up eight points.

This is the Rajasthan Royals’ first home match of the season in Jaipur after three away games in Guwahati. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is going to be packed and loud. This is Riyan Parag’s side returning to the Pink City, and the crowd will roar them through every over.

The additional context is Pat Cummins. SRH’s Australia captain was unavailable for the previous clash and has been building up match fitness since. He was tentatively penciled in for exactly this game on April 25. If Cummins plays, it changes the complexity of SRH’s bowling attack entirely.

RR vs SRH Match 36 Direct Odds

Rajasthan Royals are slight favorites here, boosted by home advantage, a surface that traditionally helps spinners in both innings, and the added motivation of avenging a heavy defeat to SRH earlier this season.

RR are backed at 1.75–1.90, with their home record, a bowling attack built around Ravi Bishnoi and Jofra Archer, and a batting depth that goes down to Ravindra Jadeja in the lower middle order, all pointing in their favor. Sawai Mansingh’s bigger outfield and spin-helpful surface are made for how RR bowl.

SRH offer value at 2.00–2.20 for punters who back Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen to fire on a surface where they previously succeeded at Hyderabad this season. Their bowling attack, with the possible return of Pat Cummins, can cause trouble against any top order in the tournament. They have already beaten RR once this season and have no fear of this fixture.

RR vs SRH Match 36 Info Table

RR vs SRH Toss Prediction Odds

The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is a ground with character. It is not a flat batting paradise like Chinnaswamy or Hyderabad’s Uppal. The surface here favors balanced cricket, with pacers extracting some movement in the early overs and spinners finding grip as the game progresses. The bigger outfield, one of the largest among all IPL venues, also plays a role, meaning even well-struck shots don’t always reach the boundary.

With a 7:30 PM evening start, dew will be a factor in the second innings. Historically, chasing teams have won over 60% of matches at this ground, and sides batting second have won 41 of 64 IPL games played here. Teams winning the toss will almost certainly prefer to bowl first, leaving the chasing side to deal with a dew-affected outfield and a ball that becomes harder to grip for spinners.

Toss Prediction: Both Riyan Parag and Ishan Kishan will want to field if they win the toss. The dew factor in an evening game at Jaipur is real, and no spinner wants to bowl into wet conditions in the second innings. In their previous meeting at Jaipur in IPL history, the chasing side has consistently had an advantage. Expect both captains to bowl first if they win the toss, and expect the chase to be the defining half of this match.

RR vs SRH Players Odds

The individual battles in this game run deep. Jofra Archer versus Abhishek Sharma, raw pace against fearless power hitting. Ravi Bishnoi versus Heinrich Klaasen, leg spin against South Africa’s most reliable IPL finisher. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi versus Praful Hinge, the very bowler who dismissed him for a golden duck on debut earlier this season. The personal grudges and individual narratives in this fixture are what make it stand above a standard league encounter.

Rajasthan Royals Key Players

Sunrisers Hyderabad Key Players

Player to Watch: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi against Praful Hinge carries the biggest individual storyline of this game. In their one previous meeting, Hinge got Sooryavanshi for a golden duck with a hard-length delivery that the teenager top-edged to the wicketkeeper. Sooryavanshi has since become the youngest player to reach 500 IPL runs and is batting at a strike rate above 220 this season. If Sooryavanshi dismisses the idea of that delivery and gets going against Hinge at Jaipur under lights, RR are in a strong position from ball one. If Hinge gets him again, the emotional swing toward SRH will be enormous.

RR vs SRH Match Prediction — Who Will Win

Rajasthan Royals are predicted to win this encounter.

RR have been one of the two best teams in IPL 2026, and they are returning to Jaipur as a motivated team looking to put right the result from Hyderabad. Five wins from seven matches, a settled batting lineup that goes six or seven deep, and a bowling attack that suits Sawai Mansingh’s character, all of these point in RR’s direction.

SRH are on a strong run themselves, riding three consecutive wins. But those victories came at their home ground in Hyderabad, a venue very different from Jaipur. The Sawai Mansingh pitch is slower, the outfield is bigger, and Bishnoi and Jadeja can exploit conditions in a way that SRH’s pace-heavy attack does not.

Why RR Holds the Edge

This is RR’s home ground and their first Jaipur match of the season. The crowd at Sawai Mansingh for this game will be at full capacity. Jaipur supports RR with the same intensity that Bengaluru gives to RCB, and the home factor at this venue is real; teams batting second win over 60% of matches here, which suits RR’s bowling-first approach perfectly.

Ravi Bishnoi is the most important bowler in this fixture on this surface. He has nine wickets this season at a miserly economy and an average of just 12.66. Against SRH’s middle order, Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Bishnoi’s googly and leg-break variations in the middle overs will find more purchase on the Jaipur surface than any ground they have bowled on this season. This is his home ground, and he knows every blade of grass.

RR’s batting depth is greater than SRH’s. When their top order collapses, as it did against SRH in Hyderabad, Jadeja and Donovan Ferreira provide the repair work. Together, they put on 118 in that very match. This time around, at home with a loud crowd behind them, the same depth remains, but the conditions will be more familiar. On the Jaipur surface, Jadeja’s left-arm spin also gives RR a sixth bowling option that carries a genuine wicket-taking threat.

Sooryavanshi has unfinished business. He was out for a golden duck the last time he faced Praful Hinge. He has since become the fastest and youngest player to 500 IPL runs. A strong performance from him tonight against SRH is not just likely, it is the kind of moment the Jaipur crowd has been waiting all season for.

SRH’s Challenges

SRH’s three wins in a row came against DC at home, where their batting environment is uniquely suited to their aggressive approach. At Jaipur, the bigger boundaries, the slower surface, and the spin-helpful pitch are all different from what they have faced recently. SRH’s top order, Abhishek, Head, and Kishan, thrives when the ball comes onto the bat quickly. The Sawai Mansingh pitch does not always offer that.

Travis Head has been inconsistent outside of Hyderabad this season. His 37 against RR in Hyderabad was his best effort in this rivalry, but at the Jaipur ground, where bowlers get early movement, he has been exposed to pace bowling angles that trouble him. Jofra Archer is waiting.

SRH’s middle-order reliance on Klaasen is a structural risk at a venue where scores are rarely above 190. If Bishnoi gets Klaasen early in the innings, SRH’s ability to push past 170 becomes uncertain. Aniket Verma and Nitish Kumar Reddy have both struggled for consistency in the middle overs this season, and on a Jaipur surface where scoring is harder, that matters more.

The uncertainty around Pat Cummins is SRH’s biggest double-edged factor. If he plays, they become stronger. But an under-cooked Cummins on a slow surface against Sooryavanshi and Jaiswal at their home ground is not without risk. SRH must get the call right on his availability.

RR vs SRH Head to Head (Overall Head to Head Data)

SRH leads the head-to-head record with 13 wins against RR’s nine across 22 meetings in the IPL. Despite this advantage on paper, the rivalry has been competitive across most seasons. SRH’s dominance has come largely through their strength at home in Hyderabad, where they have won five of six meetings. At neutral venues, the record is far more balanced.

The two teams already met this season in Hyderabad on April 13, where SRH won by 57 runs. Two IPL debutants, Praful Hinge and Sakib Hussain, combined for eight wickets to dismiss RR for 159. That result ended RR’s four-match winning streak.

The highest individual score in this rivalry belongs to former RR player Jos Buttler, 124 off 64 balls at Delhi in IPL 2021. The highest team total in the fixture is SRH’s 286/6 in IPL 2025, which remains the second-highest score in IPL history. RR chased 242/6 in that same match and still lost by 44 runs.

The head-to-head record favors SRH overall, but at Jaipur, both teams have previously shared the spoils. RR at home with a vocal crowd and a surface they know better is a very different challenge from the Hyderabad meeting. The rivalry has reset many times before, and this Jaipur game will add another layer to it.

Final Verdict

RR vs SRH Match 36 at Sawai Mansingh is a clash between two teams currently in the top four, both with playoff ambitions and strong form, who have already played out a dramatic match earlier this season.

RR holds the advantage because Jaipur suits their bowling attack, their batting depth remains one of the best in the tournament, and Sooryavanshi has unfinished business with the SRH bowling unit. Ravi Bishnoi on a spin-helpful surface is the decisive weapon, and a full Jaipur crowd is worth a few runs on its own.

SRH’s path to a win runs through Abhishek Sharma getting going in the powerplay, Klaasen building a big partnership in the middle overs, and the possible inclusion of Pat Cummins disrupting RR’s top order with new-ball swing. That is entirely achievable; they did it already this season in Hyderabad, but repeating it at Jaipur is a different ask.

Expect a match where the first six overs with the bat, for both teams, decide the outcome. Par score at Sawai Mansingh sits around 165–185. The team batting first will need to clear 180 to set a meaningful target, while the chasing team will back the dew to make their innings easier in the second half. Back RR at home, with a firm acknowledgment that SRH are the form team in this rivalry and have already proven they can take RR apart on any given night.

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