Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) are set to lock horns on Saturday in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 clash at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad.
The ground has a capacity of 55,000 and is considered one of the modern venues in India.
SRH head into this fixture on the back of a morale-boosting four-wicket victory over Rajasthan Royals (RR) away from home.
Meanwhile, LSG were beaten comprehensively by Gujarat Titans (GT) in their previous match. They managed only 171 while chasing a mammoth total of 227 put up by GT.
MORE: Bet here on SRH vs LSG with Dafabet
Here is a comprehensive guide on the pitch report, live toss, predicted lineups, team news, free stream and TV details ahead of SRH versus LSG.
SRH vs LSG: Pitch report
The match between SRH and LSG will be held at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.
The stadium has a flat wicket and is generally favours the batters. The average first-innings score at the venue in IPL 2023 is 179, while the average first-innings winning score happens to be 197.5.
"63 metres and 64 metres are the square boundaries respectively, while the straighter boundary is 73 metres. The wicket looks pretty dry, it's flat and hard and there won't be much movement. Looks like a pitch where around 170-180 runs can easily be scored," reckoned Matthew Hayden in his pitch report.
In, SRH's last home game, against KKR on May 4 the visitors posted a total of 171. Although it was a below-par score, SRH fell short by five runs and lost the match.
SRH vs LSG: Live toss
Sunrisers Hyderabad have won the toss and have opted to bat.
MORE: Leading run scorers for IPL 2023
SRH vs LSG: Team news
"We have a batting all-rounder (Sanvir Singh) - he comes in for us," stated skipper Aiden Markram.
"We have a couple of changes. Prerak and Yudhvir are in for Hooda and Mohsin," informed Krunal Pandya.
SRH vs LSG: Confirmed line-ups
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen(w), Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Sunrisers Hyderabad subs: Vivrant Sharma, Sanvir Singh, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Marco Jansen.
Anmolpreet Singh was replaced by Vivrant Sharma as the impact substitute.
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya(c), Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Avesh Khan
Lucknow Super Giants subs: Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Arpit Guleria.
Ayush Badoni replaced Amit Mishra as the impact substitute.
SRH vs LSG: Who can be the impact player?
SRH might swap Rahul Tripathi/T Natarajan depending on the toss.
Whereas, LSG might substitute Ayush Badoni/Amit Mishra as and when required.
