Sunrisers Hyderabad will lock horns against Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on Thursday. SRH batters had flexed their muscles in the opening game against Rajasthan Royals as they posted a gargantuan score of 286 runs on the board.
Ishan Kishan completed his century off just 45 balls whereas Travis Head continued his rich form. There is no doubt that the Orange Army would continue to play with a similar aggressive approach.
The Hyderabad pitch is a paradise for the batters whereas LSG bowlers lack experience. Ergo, a huge total could on the cards and as former SRH bowling coach Dale Steyn has predicted that even the barrier of 300 runs could be broken.
On the other hand, LSG would be disappointed as they had their opening game against Delhi Capitals in their pocket but could not finish it off as Ashutosh Sharma played a blinder. Thus, LSG would look to come up with an improved bowling show against potent SRH batting line-up.
SRH had registered a thumping win against LSG in the previous season as they had won by 10 wickets with Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head adding 167 runs off just 58 balls.
Head to Head: Matches: 4, Won by LSG: 3, Won by SRH: 1.
SRH Probable XII: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Adam Zampa, Mohammed Shami, Simarjeet Singh
LSG Probable XII: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), David Miller, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav
Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins(c), Simarjeet Singh, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Shami, Adam Zampa, Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Wiaan Mulder, Rahul Chahar, Atharva Taide, Eshan Malinga, Kamindu Mendis
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shardul Thakur, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, RS Hangargekar, Akash Maharaj Singh, Avesh Khan, Matthew Breetzke, Aryan Juyal, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Akash Deep, Mayank Yadav, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni
