Crucial Encounter: SRH vs LSG
Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Lucknow Supergiants today in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The match will be played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad at 7.30 pm. The toss will be held at 7 pm. Both teams will be facing each other for the first time this season.
Today will be the 57th match of the season SRH vs LSG. Both teams won 6 and lost 5 out of 11 matches. Hyderabad is fourth and Lucknow fifth due to a good run rate. The team that wins today’s match will increase their chances of qualification.
Lucknow won 100% of matches against Hyderabad
Hyderabad has not been able to defeat Lucknow so far in IPL. So far 3 matches have been played between Hyderabad and Lucknow in the league. All were won by Lucknow. One match was played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Lucknow won it by 7 wickets.
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Travis Head Leads Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Batting Charge
Hyderabad batsmen are in good form this season. Three batsmen have scored more than 300 runs. These include Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen and Abhishek Sharma. Head is the team’s highest run scorer with 444 runs. Among the bowlers, T Natarajan and captain Pat Cummins are performing well. Natarajan is the leading bowler of the team with 15 wickets.
KL Rahul Shines as Lucknow’s Premier Run Scorer
Apart from Captain KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran are also batting brilliantly in Lucknow. All three have more than 300 runs in their names. Rahul has scored 431 runs in 11 matches, he is the highest run scorer for the team. Yash Thakur tops in bowling. He has taken 11 wickets.
SRH vs LSG: Pitch Report And Whether Condition
The pitch of Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is favorable for batting. Bowlers also get help here. High-scoring matches are seen here So far. 75 IPL matches have been played in this stadium, out of which 34 matches were won by the team batting first and 41 matches were won by the team chasing.
There is a 40 percent chance of rain in Hyderabad on May 8. However, there will be light sunshine during the day. The temperature will be between 26 to 38 degrees Celsius.
Probably playing 11 of both teams
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (Captain and Wicketkeeper), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur and Mohsin Khan.
Impact Player: Arshin Kulkarni.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Pat Cummins (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wicketkeeper), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan.
Impact Player: Sanveer Singh.
