Lucknow Super Giants vs Sun Risers Hyderabad Preview
Today’s its LSG vs SRH. In their last matches, both the teams lost against their opponents. Talking about LSG, they lost against CSK fighting a high score and losing the game just by 12 runs. Batters like Kyle Mayer and Nichos Pooran shown their abilities with bat in last two matches.
With return of the ace opener Quinton de Kock, LSG will be more destructive in its performance. On bowling front, pacer Mark Wood is in full swing with spells 5/14 vs DC and 3/49 vs CSK.
Coming to SRH, their performace was poor in the last game under the captaincy of Bhuvneshwar Kumar. In their match against RR, the bowling attack was completely ruined by RR openers Jos Buttler and Yashasvi Jaiswal.
Since skipper Aiden Markram, wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen and pacer Marco Jansen are making their come back to the team in today’s game, SRH is expected to give better performace on both batting and bowling fronts.
Till now, both teams have one face to face encounter during the IPL last season which was won by LSG.
LSG vs SRH : Match Details
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date : Friday, April 7, 2023
Time : 7:30 PM IST
Watch Live on : Star Sports Network & JioCinema
LSG vs SRH : Pitch Report
This is a Black soil pitch which is favourable for fast bowlers. Spinners contribution will also be impactful in the middle of the game. For batters, they need to spend some time on the pitch before they go for big hits.
Out of the 6 matches played here, 5 were won by the team batting first while 1 by the chasing team. The average score on this pitch is 160 runs. So, anything above 175 would a good defending score.
Therefore, the toss winning side would prefer to bat first
LSG vs SRH : Team Prediction
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
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 (SRH)
Heinrich Klaasen (WK)
Mayank Agarwal
Harry Brook
Rahul Tripathi
Abhishek Sharma
Aiden Markram (C)
Washington Sundar
T Natarajan
Fazalhaq Farooqi
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Umran Malik
LSG vs SRH : Prediction for Best Performance
Best Batsman
Kyle Mayers: Kyle Mayers looks in amazing form. He hit back to back fifties in last two matches. He scored 73 runs off just 38 balls against Delhi Capitals and 53 runs off 22 balls against Chennai Super Kings. He seems to be best choice for batter of the day.
Best Bowler
Mark Wood
The LSG fast bowler has been great in the first two matches this season. He took 8 wickets with an average of 7.88 along with a five wicket haul 5/14 against DC. Seems the best bowler pick today.
Today’s Match Winner Prediction
Lucknow Super Giants to win the match
Disclaimer: The above predictions are based on personal understanding and analysis of the author. Kindly make your own decision while making any prediction based on the predictions mentioned above.