The 65th game of the ongoing IPL 2025 will be played between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). This match will be played at the Ekana Stadium, Lucknow on May 23 at 7:30 PM IST. RCB is in contention to finish among the top two teams while SRH has no chance of making it to the playoffs.
RCB vs SRH: Predicted Playing XI
This is the best possible playing XI for the match. The playing XI is expected to be the same unless the pitch demands other players to be included. However, there is an impact player rule which makes one of these players be replaced during the game.
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Royal Challengers Bengaluru |
|---|---|
| Atharva Taide | Jacob Bethell ✈️ |
| Abhishek Sharma | Virat Kohli |
| Ishan Kishan (wk) | Mayank Agarwal |
| Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ | Rajat Patidar (c) |
| Kamindu Mendis ✈️ | Jitesh Sharma (wk) |
| Aniket Verma | Tim David ✈️ |
| Nitish Kumar Reddy | Krunal Pandya |
| Pat Cummins © ✈️ | Romario Shepherd ✈️ |
| Harshal Patel | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Harsh Dubey | Lungi Ngidi |
| Zeeshan Ansari | Yash Dayal |
RCB vs SRH Squad
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Sunrisers Hyderabad |
|---|---|
| Rajat Patidar (c) – Top-order batter | Travis Head ✈️ – Top order Batter |
| Mayank Agarwal – Batter | Ishan Kishan – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Swastik Chikara – Batter | Heinrich Klaasen ✈️ – Wicketkeeper Batter |
| Tim David ✈️ – Middle-order batter | Sachin Baby – Batter |
| Virat Kohli – Top-order batter | Ravichandran Smaran – Batter |
| Phil Salt ✈️ – Wicketkeeper batter | Aniket Verma – Batter |
| Jitesh Sharma – Wicketkeeper batter | Abhishek Sharma – Batting Allrounder |
| Jacob Bethell ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Abhinav Manohar – Batting Allrounder |
| Manoj Bhandage – Allrounder | Kamindu Mendis ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Liam Livingstone ✈️ – Batting allrounder | Wiaan Mulder ✈️ – Allrounder |
| Mohit Rathee – Allrounder | Nitish Kumar Reddy – Batting Allrounder |
| Krunal Pandya – Allrounder | Atharva Taide – Batting Allrounder |
| Romario Shepherd ✈️ – Bowling allrounder | Brydon Carse ✈️ – Bowling Allrounder (Withdrawn) |
| Abhinandan Singh – Bowler | Pat Cummins ✈️ – Bowler (c) |
| Josh Hazlewood ✈️ – Bowler | Rahul Chahar – Bowler |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bowler | Eshan Malinga – Bowler |
| Lungi Ngidi ✈️ – Bowler | Mohammed Shami – Bowler |
| Rasikh Salam – Bowler | Harshal Patel – Bowler |
| Suyash Sharma – Bowler | Simarjeet Singh – Bowler |
| Swapnil Singh – Bowler | Jaydev Unadkat – Bowler |
| Nuwan Thushara ✈️ – Bowler | Zeeshan Ansari – Bowler |
| Yash Dayal – Bowler | Adam Zampa ✈️ – Bowler (Withdrawn) |
| Tim Seifert ✈️- Wicketkeeper Batter |
RCB vs SRH 2025: Injury Updates
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Tim Seifert has been named as the temporary replacement for Jacob Bethell, who will leave the tournament after the league stage.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: The team is free of injuries and all their players are available to play.
