SRH vs LSG 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update
SRH vs LSG 2024, IPL Match Today: Playing XI prediction, head-to-head stats, key players, pitch report and weather update
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants IPL Match Today: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) face off against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on May 8 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. SRH have won six out of their 11 matches before the IPL match today, which has seen them in fourth position on the points table with 12 points.
But SRH’s recent form before the IPL match today is shaky: they have won two out of their last five matches.
Meanwhile, before the IPL match today LSG have won six of their 11 matches which also sees them on 12 points. This sees them sit in sixth position on the points table. Lucknow have won three out of their last five matches.
Playing XI predictions for the SRH vs LSG IPL match today
Sunrisers Hyderabad Probable XI: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(wk), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat/Umran Malik.
Impact sub for Sunrisers Hyderabad: T Natarajan
Player to watch out for in Sunrisers Hyderabad: Skipper Pat Cummins has claimed 13 wickets this season before today’s IPL match, standing at 14th place in the standings for the top wicket-takers in IPL 2024. He’s also behind T Natarajan in the charts for wicket-takers, but the middle overs (overs 7-15) is where he shines. While the data will show that he has claimed just six of his 13 wickets in this phase, the number to highlight is his economy rate of 7.39 in the 18 overs he has bowled. He will instrumental if SRH hope to keep LSG batters quiet after the powerplay.
Lucknow Super Giants probable XI: KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur.
Impact sub for Lucknow Super Giants: Arshin Kulkarni
Player to watch out for in Lucknow Super Giants: Marcus Stoinis has been devastating against pace attacks this season: he averages 105 against them at a strike rate of 161.54 with 23 fours and eight sixes. Overall, Stoinis has scored 126 runs from 11 games in IPL 2024.
SRH vs LSG head-to-head stats
Matches played: 3, Sunrisers Hyderabad won: 0, Lucknow Super Giants won: 3
Squads:
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Markande, Glenn Phillips, Jaydev Unadkat, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Akash Maharaj Singh.
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: KL Rahul (c & wk), Arshin Kulkarni, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Ashton Turner, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Krishnappa Gowtham, Devdutt Padikkal, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock, Matt Henry, Prerak Mankad, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph.
SRH vs LSG Pitch Report
The pitches at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad have been extremely good for batting in recent times, starting from the ODI World Cup late last year. The average score batting first this season has been just over 212 with the 200-run mark breached thrice in the four games. So you can expect a thriller.
SRH vs LSG Weather Report
Here are the weather conditions expected for the IPL match today between SRH vs LSG:
Temperature: 28° | Humidity: 46% | Wind Gusts: 9 Km/h | Weather Forecast: Clouds
SRH vs LSG Livestreaming details
The SRH vs LSG IPL match will be streamed on the JioCinema App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on May 8, Wednesday from 7:30 PM IST.
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