Mumbai: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be looking to open an account in the points table with the help of their glittering set of batsmen and bowlers, when they lock horns with Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at DY Patil Stadium here on Monday.
Hyderabad played only one game, which they lost to Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 61 runs and sits at the bottom of the standings.
Batting, Rajasthan posted a mammoth total of 210 for 6, riding high in Jos Buttler and Sanju Samson's quickfire innings, but Hyderabad succumbed as their top order failed miserably, with Rahul Tripathi and Nicholas Pooran scoring ducks.
Despite Aiden Markram smacking 57 runs and Washington Sundar 40 off 14, Hyderabad could manage 147 for 7.
Going into Monday's match, they would look to alter their bowling lineup following the availability of Marco Jansen.
On the other hand, Lucknow came back strongly after losing the first match.
Their batsmen were on target in the second against Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Robin Uthappa and Shivam Dube slammed 50 and 49 runs, respectively.
Lucknow managed to chase the target by riding on the back of openers KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock who scored 40 and 61, respectively.
Evin Lewis' unbeaten 55 saw them went past the line with six wickets in hand, but not before Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye and Tavi Bishnoi scalped 2 wickets each for Lucknow.
Krunal Pandya and Rahul will be the key players for Lucknow, while Kane Williamson and Umran Malik will have a huge role to play for Hyderabad.
Having struggled with their third seamer, Jason Holder could make the cut straightaway for Lucknow.
Holder, who was bought for a whopping amount of Rs 8.75 crore, is one of the most sought after all rounders in T20 cricket.
He adds value and is an exciting new ball bowler. Also available for selection will be yet another West Indian allrounder Kyle Mayers.
Marcus Stoinis, who is with the Australian team in Pakistan, will be missed. He brings an unmatchable flair to the middle order.
Team:
Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (captain), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Dushmantha Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajpoot, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (captain), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Priyam Garg, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Washington Sundar, Romario Shepherd, Marco Jansen, J Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Sean Abbott, Kartik Tyagi, Saurabh Tiwary, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Umran Malik, T Natarajan. (UNI)
