The Eliminator 1 contest of IPL 2026 between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals will be yet another run-fest as the two sides lock horns at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Stadium in Mullanpur on Wednesday. SRH became the third team to qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs, after securing a 55-run win against RCB in the final league stage game. Meanwhile, RR became the last side to make it to the top four after defeating MI by 30 runs in their last fixture.
The surface at Mullanpur is expected to favour batters more than bowlers. Meanwhile, it is the pacers who are likely to be favoured at the venue over the spinners. This means that both sides will be in the fray to win Eliminator, given that both SRH and RR have a good pace attack in this season.
Mullanpur pitch report
In IPL 2026, the average first innings score at the venue is 203 runs. The run-rate has been 10.48, while the dot ball percentage has been just 29.6%. Out of the 4 league stage matches played in Mullanpur so far in this season, three contests have been won by the team batting second. Therefore, the team that opts to chase in the Eliminator encounter between SRH and RR emerge as favourites to win the game.
While a good amount of runs (572 from 289 balls at a RR of 11.8) have been scored in the powerplay, it is in the middle-overs that the teams have absolutely dominated at the venue. 666 runs have been scored from 433 deliveries at a run-rate of 9.23 in the middle-overs, even though the sides have lost a lot of wickets. In the death overs, the venue has seen sides score 418 runs in 226 deliveries at a run rate of 11.10. Therefore, it wil be important for SRH and RR to accelarate in the middle and death overs, apart from getting a good start in the first six overs.
PhaseBallsRunsRRWktsWkt IntervalPowerplay28957211.88648.2Middle4336669.232318.8Death22641811.101218.8How teams have fared while batting in Mullanpur in IPL 2026Both SRH and RR have played one game in IPL 2026 in Mullanpur. While PBKS defeated SRH by 6 wickets on April 11, RR emerged victorious by 6 wickets on April 28. Among the players in the fray, Abhishek Sharma has scored the most runs at the venue in IPL 2026, having amassed 74 runs. He is followed by Ferreira, Jaiswal and Sooryavanshi, who have scored 52, 51 and 43 runs respectively.
In terms of bowlers, SRH’s Shivang Kumar has bagged 3 wickets in this season at the venue, while RR’s Yash Raj Punja has bagged 2. Chahal remains the only spinner who has managed to get 6 wickets in Mullanpur this season, the rest of the list of wicket-takers at the venue is dominated by fast-bowlers, with pacers outdoing spinners by a 20-11 margin.
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