The 57th game of the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) would pit Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG). On May 8, the match will take place at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium and will get underway at 7:30 PM IST.
After losing to the Mumbai Indians in their most recent match, SRH dropped to fourth place in the standings. Despite the increasing difficulty of the playoff race, SRH remains in a strong position with 12 points from 11 games. They should be able to go to the playoffs with a win in two of the three matches, but SRH’s recent performance—they have dropped their past four games—may raise some questions.
LSG has also scored 12 points in six matches, which adds to the intrigue of the next match. The game’s victor will have a significant boost to their hopes of making the playoffs, while the loser will have a significant setback. The previous game saw LSG lose to KKR by 98 runs.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Team Preview & Squads
Sunrisers Hyderabad
In their most recent match, Sunrisers Hyderabad successfully defeated the top-ranked Rajasthan Royals by one run to maintain their composure. This victory would have been the most fulfilling of all the ones they’ve managed this season for two reasons. First, the opposition. The second is the group effort.
Travis Head lost his opening wicket shortly after the innings started, but he persisted in reaching yet another significant fifty. Together with SRH’s player of the season, Nitish Reddy, who demonstrated his batting prowess with a solid 76, he stitched together a handy 96-run partnership. After Head left, Heinrich Klaasen entered and quickly got going, finishing with 42 off 19 to push SRH over 200.
Thanks to some excellent swing bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar, SRH, who were defending 202, got off to a strong start by dismissing Buttler and Samson in the first over. Nevertheless, after Jaiswal and Parag put on 134 runs for the third wicket, the remaining bowlers were sent on a bit of a quest for leather. However, the senior speed three of Cummings, Kumar, and Natarajan took wickets frequently to halt the RR assault and ultimately win the match by just one run.
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squads
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squads
Pat Cummins (c), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram/Glenn Phillips, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande/Umran Malik, and Jaydev Unadkat/Travis Head.
Lucknow Super Giants
The Lucknow Super Giants have let their campaign stray a little after upsetting the reigning champions CSK back-to-back. They lost badly to Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals in the next three games, although they did manage to upset Mumbai Indians on a difficult surface. They’re a little annoying as a result.
Both KL Rahul’s incapacity to achieve large totals and the absence of a reliable opener to partner with him are causes for concern. Having missed the mark twice, Arshin Kulkarni is going to get chopped. After his valiant performance in Chennai, Marcus Stoinis’ form and confidence have significantly improved; still, the other batsmen aren’t producing enough runs.
With Badoni, Turner, and Pandya still looking for form, the lower order’s inability to contribute significantly to the score during the death overs is a major concern that the squad hasn’t completely solved yet. Despite its strength and variety, LSG’s bowling isn’t performing up to par. Only Ravi Bishnoi, who is having a rather average season by his standards, was able to provide respectable numbers of 1/33 from his 4 overs in the last match despite the usage of seven bowlers.
Lucknow Super Giants Squads
Lucknow Super Giants Squads
KL Rahul (c & wk), Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock/Amit Mishra, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, and Yash Thakur.
Match Details
Match
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants, Match 57 | IPL, 2024
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants outfield report
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Captains who win the toss ought to pursue it. In their most recent match, RR came dangerously close to chasing 202 and lost by only one run. With the impact player rule and the small borders, defense is exceedingly difficult in this situation.
On the day of the match-up, Hyderabad is predicted to get a lot of rain. There is a forty percent probability of rain with a temperature range of 38 to 26 degrees.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium has a batting-specific pitch. This ground has hosted four matches, and each one has witnessed at least one score of 200 or above, therefore another high-scoring contest is anticipated. Here, a score of 200 is approximately average.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Head-to-Head Stats of Last 5 Matches
In the last three encounters between these two teams, LSG won all the games.
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants Prediction
According to cricket analysts, Sunrisers Hyderabad has a 54.5% chance of winning.
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