Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore have an intriguing rivalry. Both teams have never gotten on top of each other for a prolonged period of time. A win in the next match, a loss in the next match. It reflects in their head-to-head record, which is 7-6 in the advantage of the Sunrisers Hyderabad team. Both sides are led by run-machines. Virat Kohli has been the leading run-getter for Royal Challengers Bangalore for the last four years. David Warner has been the Orange Cap winner three times. Royal Challengers Bangalore have failed in the final three times, while Sunrisers have won the title once and stumbled in 2018.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have often made it a point to hurt Royal Challengers Bangalore’s momentum. In the past, they have knocked them out of reckoning for the playoffs while in 2016, they dealt them a body blow by winning the final in front of…