Overview:
2 Sides with similar performance this season so far – 11 matches, 6 Wins and 5 Losses are set to lock horns in the 57 th Match of the Season. As the tournament has reached its most important phase of the league stage, both the sides would be eager to win and stay in contention for the Top 4 race. With CSK having similar results like these 2 sides but with a very healthy NRR (+0.700), they pose a serious threat to the possibility of both these sides making it to the Playoffs together, making this match even more
interesting.
Team Previews:
Head-to-Head Record: 3 Matches, SRH : 0 Win and LSG: 3 Wins
Sunrisers Hyderabad: After ending the first half at the 2 nd Position on the Points Table with 5 Wins in 7 games, that included 3 250+ Totals and 4 consecutive wins, Sunrisers now seems to be out of fuel as they have lost 3 of their last 4 games and their solitary win wasn’t convincing too as they narrowly won it by just 1 run against the Rajasthan Royals. Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen failed to perform in the second half while Trevis Head hasn’t looked as dangerous he looked before.
Lucknow Super Giants: It has been a roller coaster ride this season for the Super Giants. They haven’t been too bad this season, but they haven’t been too good either. Some of the players like Krunal Pandya, Devdutt Padikkal, Deepak Hooda have failed throughout the season while Mayank Yadav, who could be their X-Factor in the coming season, couldn’t play much due to injuries and is already ruled out of the remainder of the season. KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran are huge positives with
the bat though and their bowling has been decent too.
Qualification Scenario:
A Top 2 finish looks out of reach at the moment for both the sides, as the maximum they can reach from here is 18 points, only if they win all their matches, while KKR and RR are already on 16 Points with Healthy NRRs. But making it to the Eliminator wont be a tough task for both the sides. If they win all 3 remaining matches from here, they would definitely reach the playoffs. However, that doesn’t mean they have no other way. The primary step would be to win this match not just to make the Winning Team’s chances better, but also to ensure the Losing Side would be one step behind. One more win after, should get them through (Subject to a Better NRR).
Probable Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Starting XI: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan.
Impact List: Umran Malik, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Jaydev Unadkat
Lucknow Super Giants:
Starting XI: KL Rahul (c)(wk), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.
Impact List: Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Devdutt Padikkal.
Interesting Facts:
- The SRH skipper Pat Cummins will be celebrating his 31st Birthday on the day of the match.
- 100th T20 Match for Abhishek Sharma
- Aiden Markram needs just 26 more runs to complete 1000 IPL Runs
- Jaydev Unadkat is just a wicket away from completing 100 Wickets in IPL
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar needs just 3 more wickets to complete 300 T20 Wickets
- Heinrich Klaasen is 2 catches away from completing 100 T20 Catches
Pitch Report:
Plenty of Runs will be on offer as Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium is a batting friendly ground. The average first innings total at the ground this season is 212. Fast Bowlers will get a better purchase than spinners. The Toss winning side would be tempted to bat first as SRH has better records while batting first and
LSG would like SRH to bat second.
Match Details:
Time: 7:30 PM
Date: 8 th May 2024
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Dream XI:
