Sunrisers Hyderabad will square off against Lucknow Super Giants in the 57th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on Wednesday. SRH and LSG find themselves in the same water, with six wins and five losses but the former has a slightly better Net Run Rate.
As this is a crucial phase of the tournament, this game is of paramount importance for both teams. We take a look at the head-to-head battle, players to watch out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: L W L L W
Sunrisers Hyderabad have veered off the track in the last five matches. Everything was clicking for them in the first phase of the tournament as their batting was taking the oppositions apart but it hasn’t been the same old story in the second phase so far.
Lucknow Super Giants: L W L W W
Lucknow Super Giants has certainly missed Quinton de Kock at the top of the order as the South African is currently out with a niggle. KL Rahul also needs to score his runs at a rapid strike rate and give a solid start to his team.
Head to Head: Matches: 3, Won by LSG: 3, Won by SRH: 0.
Players to look out for: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Heinrich Klaasen, and Travis Head will be the crucial players for SRH.
Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul, Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mohsin Khan will be the important players for LSG.
LSG IPL 2024 Squad
Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), KL Rahul, Nicolas Pooran (WI).
Batters: Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner (AUS).
All-rounders: Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers (WI), Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, David Willey (ENG), Arshin Kulkarni, Md. Arshad Khan.
Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG), Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddarth.
SRH IPL 2024 FULL SQUAD
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T. Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins ©, Jaydev Unadkat, Akash Singh, Jhathavedh Subramanyan.
