Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) is in search of their first win of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 under a new skipper – Aiden Markram – as they will be locking horns with the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow in the 10th match of the season on Friday. SRH started IPL 2023 with a massive 72-run loss to Rajasthan Royals (RR) at home last week.
Lucknow Super Giants, who reached the IPL 2022 playoffs in their debut season, have one win and one loss under their belt in the ongoing season. KL Rahul and his men won the first-ever IPL match at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow last week, hammering Delhi Capitals. However, they lost their second match to MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Chennai.
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SRH, on the other hand, was led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the last match with Markram yet to join the squad due to national commitments. Apart from Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, and Marco Jansen are also available for the game against LSG but only Klaasen is expected to make the cut.
The two teams have met only once in IPL last year with LSG coming out on top by 12 runs in that encounter. SRH will be keen on posting their first win of the season and their first-ever victory over LSG.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Quinton De Kock has rejoined the squad, and he will be threatening the place of either Marcus Stoinis or Kyle Mayers. LSG has used Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya at No 3 and 4 respectively to attack the spinners in the middle overs and left the late hitting against pacers to Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran.
Even though the experiment hasn’t been successful, they may persist with it – especially given Hooda’s success against Umran Malik in the middle overs. On the bowling front, Krunal Pandya has been fairly successful against Rahul Tripathi, dismissing the batter thrice in 22 deliveries, and conceding only 26 runs.
Probable XI: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis/Kyle Mayers, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood, Jaydev Unadkat/Yash Thakur, Avesh Khan.
Impact players: K Gowtham and Ayush Badoni
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Aiden Markram, Heinrich Kaasen, and Marco Jansen will be available for selection and at least a couple of them should slot in directly in the XI. T Natarajan has kept KL Rahul on a leash, conceding only 11 runs in 17 balls, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar has strangled both Rahul and de Kock, with the duo scoring at a rate of only 116 and 94 against the pacer.
Probable XI: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Harry Brook, Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen/Adil Rashid, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Impact players: Abdul Samad and T Natarajan
Fantasy XI Suggestion 1:
Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Kyle Mayers, T Natarajan (vc), Umran Malik (c), Mark Wood
Fantasy XI Suggestion 2:
Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (c), Rahul Tripathi (vc), Aiden Markram, Washington Sundar, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Umran Malik
