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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday (April 6).
LSG faced a defeat in their last encounter against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and are currently placed at the fifth position in the points table with one win and a loss. On the other hand, SRH have just played a single game in the league, which they lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by huge 72 runs.
Notably, Hyderabad was captained by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first match due to the new skipper Aiden Markram’s international commitments. However, the game on Friday will mark the arrival of Markram as well as Heinrich Klaasen to the Hyderabad-based team. Similarly, wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock will also be returning to the LSG side.
SRH will eye their maiden win of the tournament when they meet Lucknow on April 7. Meanwhile, LSG will also look to move up in the points table with a victory.
Pitch report:
The track at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium generally favours the bowlers. However, the batters can also score big runs if they spend some time in the middle.
Probable XIs:
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (wk), Kyle Mayers, KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik
Head-to-head record
Played: 01 | LSG won: 01 | SRH won: 0 | No result: 0
Match Prediction:
Case 1:
- LSG wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 45-55
- SRH total: 165-175
Case 2:
- SRH wins the toss and bowls first
- Powerplay score: 50-60
- LSG total: 175-180
Team bowling first to win the contest.
