Hyderabad, May 8: Both the teams aspire to be in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 play-offs. Both have played 11 matches so far, and have won six games each.
Interestingly, Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) meeting Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Wednesday would be like two IPL play-off dreams clashing with each other.
With 12 points from 11 games, LSG are currently sixth on the points table. SRH, meanwhile, are fourth with the same number of points from the same number of matches.
The two teams have met three times in the IPL so far and SRH are yet to beat LSG in the tournament.
SRH v LSG head-to-head: 3
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 0
Lucknow Super Giants: 3
Match time: The match starts at 7:30 PM IST (2:00 PM GMT) with the toss taking place half an hour before the match i.e., 7:00 PM (1:30 PM GMT)
Match venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad
Live broadcast on television in India: The SRH v LSG match will be broadcast live via Star Sports Network.
Live stream in India: The live streaming would be available on JioCinema.
Squads:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul(w/c), 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.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Pat Cummins(c), 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.
The team that wins, will inch one step closer to the play-offs, while the one that loses have to win both their remaining games to keep alive IPL 2024 play-off dreams alive. (With IANS support)
