Lucknow Super Giants will face Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Friday. LSG had got off to a winning start after a comprehensive win of 50 runs against Delhi Capitals but they were beaten by Chennai Super Kings in their previous game. SRH, on the other hand, suffered a big loss against Rajasthan Royals in their first match of the season.

We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.

Current results for LSG: L W

Lucknow Super Giants’ bowlers were taken to the cleaners by the CSK batters and they will have to step up against the Orange Army. In fact, they were in the game against the MS Dhoni-led team but they could not get going in the middle overs.

Last match result for SRH: Loss against RR

Sunrisers Hyderabad were thrashed by RR in their opening game and the 72-run loss had a deep impact on their NRR. Thus, it will be imperative for Hyderabad to bounce back stronger against LSG and tick the right boxes in the upcoming match.

Head to Head: Matches: 1, Won by LSG: 1, Won by SRH: 0.

LSG had won against SRH in the previous season.

Players to watch out for: Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Harry Brook, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Washington Sundar, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be the crucial players for SRH.

KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, and Mohsin Khan will be the crucial players for LSG.

LSG IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), Manan Vohra, Nicholas Pooran (WI),

Batters: KL Rahul, Ayush Badoni.

All-rounders: Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers (WI), Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Romario Shepherd (WI), Daniel Sams (AUS), Prerak Mankad, Swapnil Singh, Yudhvir Charak,

Bowlers: Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood (ENG), Mayank Yadav, Jaydev Unadkat, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq (AFG).

SRH IPL 2023 SQUAD

Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Upendra Singh Yadav, Heinrich Klaasen (SA).

Batters: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook (ENG).

All-rounders: Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Mayank Dagar, Sanvir Singh, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.

Bowlers: Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi, Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Akeal Hosein (WI), Mayank Markande, Adil Rashid (ENG).