Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) will face Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the ninth match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday (April 6).

LSG confronted a defeat of their final encounter in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) and are at the moment positioned on the fifth place within the factors desk with one win and a loss. Then again, SRH have simply performed a single sport within the league, which they misplaced to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by enormous 72 runs.

Notably, Hyderabad was captained by Bhuvneshwar Kumar within the first match as a result of new skipper Aiden Markram’s worldwide commitments. Nonetheless, the sport on Friday will mark the arrival of Markram in addition to Heinrich Klaasen to the Hyderabad-based group. Equally, wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock may also be returning to the LSG facet.

SRH will eye their maiden win of the match after they meet Lucknow on April 7. In the meantime, LSG may also look to maneuver up within the factors desk with a victory.

Pitch report:

The observe at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium typically favours the bowlers. Nonetheless, the batters may rating large runs in the event that they spend a while within the center.

Possible XIs:

Lucknow Tremendous Giants: Quinton de Kock (wk), Kyle Mayers, KL Rahul (c), Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Mark Wooden, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Mayank Agarwal, Harry Brook, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik

Head-to-head file

Performed: 01 | LSG gained: 01 | SRH gained: 0 | No consequence: 0

Match Prediction:

Case 1:

• LSG wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 45-55
• SRH complete: 165-175

Case 2:

• SRH wins the toss and bowls first
• Powerplay rating: 50-60
• LSG complete: 175-180

Workforce bowling first to win the competition.