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SRH vs LSG IPL 2024 Live Score - Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to forget their recent seven-wicket loss to Mumbai Indians and boost their playoff chances against an equally desperate Lucknow Super Giants at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday. Sunrisers and Super Giants have 12 points each after 11 matches and the former are fourth owing to a better net run-rate. However, a loss can quickly change the equation, which the hosts are well aware of. They will count on home conditions to pocket two crucial two points as the tournament heads into its final leg. Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals top the standings with 16 points each and have virtually sealed the playoffs berths. The fight for the remaining two spots is heating up with Chennai Super Kings (12) and Delhi Capitals (12) also in contention. Sunrisers' batting came a cropper against five-time champions Mumbai, posting a below-par 173/8. Barring Travis Head (48), none of the batters contributed substantially. If not for captain Cummins' unbeaten 35, they would have ended up with a much less total. Abhishek Sharma has been quiet in his last two outings with 12 and 15, which has affected their scoring in the powerplay. Mayank Agarwal's inclusion failed to make an impact while Nitish Kumar, Heinrich Klaasen and Abdul Samad Klaasen failed to come good. Much was expected from Klaasen after the way he started the season with three half-centuries, but in the last five innings he has the scores of 2, 42*, 20, 7, 15. Their bowling, Cummins (13) and T Natarajan (15) have been shouldering the responsibilities well along with Bhuvneshwar. Meanwhile, Super Giants suffered a massive 98-run loss to table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders in previous outing and skipper KL Rahul expects his team to up their game against SRH. Rahul (431) has been doing the bulk of the scoring while Marcus Stoinis (352) and Nicholas Pooran (315) are lending a good hand. But they capitulated for 137 runs against KKR, exposing their vulnerability. Quinton de Kock has been below par while batters Ayush Badoni (152) and Deepak Hooda (134) haven't come up with any notable contribution yet. The performance of the bowling unit has been a major concern. While their pace unit, consisting Yash Thakur (11 wickets), Naveen-ul-Haq (10) and Mohsin Khan (9), has been leaking runs aplenty, the spinners - Ravi Bishnoi (7) and Krunal Pandya (5) - have had a poor run.
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SRH vs LSG Live Score - Mayank absence hurting Lucknow
LSG's struggles with the ball have been majorly due to the lack of firepower in their pace-bowling department. With tearaway pacer Mayank Yadav ruled out of the IPL and left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan also picking up an injury, the onus will be on Afghan quick Naveen-ul-Haq, young Yash Thakur, Stoinis and spinners Krunal Pandya and Ravi Bishnoi to deliver.
SRH vs LSG Live Score - LSG batters' rut
LSG, on the other hand, have to get over their overall lacklustre display against Kolkata Knight Riders, when they not only conceded the first-ever 200 plus score at the Ekana Stadium but also folded their innings at 137. It was a day when skipper KL Rahul failed to anchor the innings while the likes of Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran were unable to get the big shots when needed. Ayush Badoni has had a subdued run in this IPL and the uncapped Indian player would be keen to shrug off the rustiness.
SRH vs LSG Live Score - Form Guide
SRH vs LSG Live Score - Bowlers in focus
The bowlers have fared better compared to their batting counterparts. T Natarajan has been consistent with the ball while seasoned seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar also seems to have found his mojo after his incisive spell helped SRH eke out a one-run win against RR.
SRH vs LSG Live Score - Middle-order needs to step up
While SRH head coach Daniel Vettori has conceded that the openers are not expected to do the job all the time, the middle order needs to step up. The flamboyant Heinrich Klaasen has also been unable to strike the ball consistently and Nitish Reddy too has been patchy.
SRH vs LSG Live Score - Eyes on SRH openers
The Pat Cummins-led side has ample talent but has been unable to hold on to a winning run recently. Sunrisers have lost three of their last four matches, mainly because their destructive batting line-up hasn't delivered. In their last match against Mumbai Indians, which they lost by seven wickets, they failed to put up a good target on the board, which has been their strong suit this season. Barring Travis Head, who has been their stand out performer, the other batters in the side have faced a recent slump. After displaying his power-hitting ability, young opener Abhishek Sharma has breached the 30-run mark just once in the last four games.
SRH vs LSG Live Score - Sunrisers eager for a win
Sunrisers Hyderabad will be eager to move on from their underwhelming batting display when they host Lucknow Super Giants in a crucial game at the Uppal Stadium. Both teams are locked in at 12 points from 11 games with SRH making the top four cut based on a slightly superior net run rate of -0.065 compared to LSG's -0.371. The Sunrisers find themselves in a fierce competition for the top four spot with Kolkata Knight Riders (16), Rajasthan Royals (16) and Chennai Super Kings (12) stationed above them on the points table. The winner of the duel will take a leap in the playoff race.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Match 57 of the Indian Premier League where Sunrisers Hyderabad take on Lucknow Super Giants.
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