LSG vs SRH: KL Rahul‘s Lucknow Super Giants face Aiden Markram‘s Sunrisers Hyderabad in their third match of the event. Lucknow are trying for their second win, whereas Hyderabad are aiming to get their account open on the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Hyderabad gained the toss and opted to bat first.Â
Notably, LSG made three modifications to their playing XI. Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, and Ok Gowtham missed out on their locations from the group as Romario Shepherd and Amit Mishra make their LSG debuts. Notably, Jaydev Unadkat additionally will get a game after lacking out in the earlier encounter.
Why Wood and Avesh are not playing?
LSG captain KL Rahul mentioned on the toss that Wood is down with flu and Avesh acquired injured over the last game. “We will assess the conditions and try to put on our best show. Wood is down with flu, so he misses out. Avesh got injured in the last game, so he is taking a break,” Rahul mentioned.
No Quinton de Kock in group
Notably, Rahul has not picked South Africa’s Quinton de Kock in the group. The Southpaw has returned from his nationwide duties and was seen in the group dugout too. Kyle Mayers, who was fabulous in the primary two matches retains his place. Also, LSG have not opted to drop Marcus Stoinis, who has not fired with the bat in the primary two matches.
Pitch report
In the previous matches performed at this Stadium, it has been noticed that the group batting first has acquired a bonus. So in such a state of affairs, the group which wins the toss would like to bat first. As the game progresses, the pitch right here might be in the favour of the bowlers. But this pitch is taken into account pleasant for the batters all through the match.
Lucknow Super Giants group:
KL Rahul(c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi
Sunrisers Hyderabad group:
Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh(w), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid
