IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG highlights: Abhishek and Head complete 166-run chase in 9.4 overs as Hyderabad crush Lucknow

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Krunal Pandya and Nicholas Pooran are tasked to revive the LSG innings after Rahul’s exit. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth leaks 8 runs in his third over. The SRH debutant has conceded 15 runs in his first 3. LSG 65-3 after 11 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - KL Rahul gets the first four of the LSG innings in the 10th over. With the boundary, LSG have completed their half-century in 9.1 overs. On a slow track, LSG are scoring just above 5. Justin Langer wants LSG to score as many runs. The LSG head coach denied 150-160 being the par total at this venue. Rahul needs to switch gears. OUT! Rahul flicks Cummins, only to find Natarajan. Rahul c T Natarajan b Cummins 29(33). LSG 57-3 after 10 overs.

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Viyaskanth continuing his spell after the powerplay. Rahul has scored 21 off 27 balls. He gets a single on the fourth ball. Krunal has scored 21 off 15 balls. Just four runs of the over. LSG 49-2 after 9 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Jaydev Unadkat is bowling the 7th over for the hosts. LSG have recorded the third-lowest score in the powerplay in the IPL 2024. Unadkat has 99 wickets in the IPL. SIX! Krunal slaps it for a maximum. The IPL 2024 has witnessed 999 sixes so far in the league stage. A welcome boundary for the Super Giants. SIX! Krunal goes straight and clears the distance. That’s six No. 1000 in the IPL 2024. Krunal retains the strike in the 15-run over. LSG 45/2 after 8 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Cummins has roped in debutant Vijayakanth Viyaskanth into the attack. Will LSG go after the SRH debutant after a horrible powerplay? The SRH spinner has leaked just 2 runs in his first three balls. LSG 30-2 after 7 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants -  KL Rahul dropping anchor? The LSG skipper is batting on 19 off 22 balls. Shahbaz with another quiet over for the Hyderabad giants. Rahul has not showcased his power game as Lucknow have lost two early wickets in the powerplay. End of the over. LSG 27-2 in 6 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Bhuvneshwar strikes again! Marcus Stoinis REFUSES to leave. Umpire has called the third umpire for a review. Fingers underneath and the catch is taken fairly. Stoinis departs! Sanvir Singh takes a diving catch to get rid of the Australian power-hitter. Stoinis c Sanvir Singh b Bhuvneshwar 3(5). Krunal Pandya is promoted up the order by LSG. Bhuvneshwar is winning the powerplay battle for the Hyderabad giants. LSG 23-2 after 5 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Power-hitter Marcus Stoinis has joined Rahul at the crease. Bhuvneshwar bowled a crucial over, just 2 runs from it. Shahbaz Ahmed has joined the attack. Rahul starts the over with a single. Did you know? LSG's strike rate is the 2nd lowest in the Powerplay this season. Loud appeal by the keeper- for lbw - Umpire has given it. LSG have taken a review. Rahul survives! Straight of the gloves. Shahbaz leaks 5 runs. LSG 20-1 after 4 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - OUT! Nitish Rana has plucked a stunner to complete the dismissal of De Kock. Sheer awareness by Rana on the boundary. He has managed to stay behind to complete a brilliant catch. De Kock, who was back in the side for the crucial clash, is out for 2 off 5 balls. Bhuvneshwar has a wicket on the first ball. LSG 13/1 after 2.1 overs.

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Surprised? Birthday boy Pat Cummins has introduced himself early into the attack. Good start by captain Cummins. Back-to-back dot in the second over. SIX! Rahul lifted over extra cover for an inside out maximum. Rahul opens his boundary account. Rahul takes a single. De Kock pulls it fine, only to find the fielder, one run taken. KL’s classy shot - the only highlight of this over. LSG 13-0 after 2 overs.  

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar kickstarts SRH’s bowling attack against LSG. Skipper KL Rahul is off the mark on the first ball. Quinton de Kock slices the third ball for a comfortable single. Both openers up and running for the Super Giants. Bhuvneshwar getting visible late swing early in the powerplay. The senior paced scripted a stunning win for SRH against RR earlier in the season. Rahul is watchful, takes a single on the penultimate ball. So, no boundaries in the first over. LSG 3-0 after 1 overs. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Earlier, we asked readers about the IPL 2024 playoff race. With RR and KKR tipped to take the first two spots, fans have picked SRH to seal the third playoff spot. SRH received 54% votes in the HT Poll before the toss. 

Check out the Impact Player options for both IPL teams:

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, Yudhvir Singh, Devdutt Padikkal, Ashton Turner, Amit Mishra. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Glenn Phillips, Umran Malik, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq. 

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sanvir Singh, Pat Cummins(c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, T Natarajan. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Speaking at the toss, SRH skipper Pat Cummins admitted that the hosts would have batted first against LSG. Rahul won the toss and elected to bat. After Rahul confirmed LSG's forced change, SRH skipper Cummins also revealed that Hyderabad have also made noteworthy changes to their starting XI. 

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth is making his debut for Hyderabad. “Thank You for the birthday wishes. My body feels 31. We would have batted as well. But we have won both ways here and hence not too upset. Hard to know (a good score) as it has been pretty high scoring. It is pretty tough (to qualify for the playoffs) and you have to keep winning till the end, we have not nailed it in the last couple of games and it is time to change that. We have a couple of changes - Sanvir comes in for Agarwal and Viyaskanth makes his debut and replaces Marco,” Cummins said. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Speaking at the toss, LSG skipper Rahul confirmed that the Super Giants are without pacer Mohsin, who suffered an injury in the lead-up to the contest. LSG have added South Africa’s Quinton de Kock into their playing XI. “We will bat first. It is hard to completely forget how important this game is for both sides, but we have played enough cricket. We will focus one thing at a time, bat first and put up the runs on the board. Playing at home becomes a difference, but we play so much cricket that we know how the conditions will be. Quinton comes in, Mohsin misses out and there are a few other changes,” Rahul said after winning the toss. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Tails is the call by KL Rahul. Tails it is! Rahul has won the toss and the LSG skipper has opted to bat first. SRH will chase at home!

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Hyderabad have opted for pitch No.2 for the upcoming game against KL Rahul’s LSG. SRH smashed 277 in the same pitch at the IPL. Delivering the pitch report before the toss at the venue, Matthew Hayden and Sanjay Manjrekar observed that the batting first team can have an edge over their opponents. Thus, expect a high-scoring contest as SRH are set to take on LSG. 

"It has its own stardom. Boundary dimensions - there's some good news for the bowlers as it is the centre pitch, 60-odd meters on either side and a pitch that the spinners won't mind bowling. It feels like walking into a clay oven today. (The pitch) Extremely hard, really dry and you can feel the heat, still hot to touch. It has opened up tiny little cracks. I would be surprised if it is a record breaking total type this evening. It is probably a 200 wicket, very fast outfield and not a lot of dew. The fast bowlers will use their cutters especially in the middle phase of the match. I believe whoever wins the toss would look to set the total," Hayden and Manjrekar pointed out before the toss. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Tracing back his cricketing journey ahead of the IPL 2024 match between SRH and LSG, Indian batter KL Rahul said that he was not a strong T20I for ODI player in the initial years. Rahul had a breakout season in the IPL 2016 at RCB. Rahul went on to captain Punjab Kings before LSG signed him for IPL 2022. "In 2016 when I played the IPL, I had a very good year with RCB and after that I think people started seeing KL Rahul as a one-day and T20 player as well. So after quietly working hard for many years behind the scenes, I got my spotlight," Rahul told Star Sports. 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants - Sunrisers Hyderabad have played 55 matches at home in the Indian Premier League. The SRH side has recorded 33 wins in their backyard. The Orange Army registered 21 defeats at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium. unrisers Hyderabad have never managed to record a win over LSG at home. LSG are leading the head-to-head race as well. LSG have 3-0 record over SRH in the IPL 2024. Can SRH end their winless run tonight? 

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: T Natarajan has been the standout bowler for Sunrisers Hyderabad this season, especially at the death, as he has claimed 9 wickets at the fag end of the innings while the other SRH bowlers have picked 7 combined. The left-arm paceman has also been economical with both new and old balls this season.

NATARAJAN vs OTHER SRH BOWLERS AT DEATH

                                              Natarajan                                        Other SRH Bowlers

Balls                                        68                                                              170

Runs                                      120                                                            377

Wickets                                    9                                                                  7

Average                              13.3                                                           53.9

Economy                            10.6                                                          13.3

Dot Ball Percentage   35.3                                               18.2

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow Super Giants' middle-order has struggled this season as Indian options Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni have failed to get going. The Indian duo lack consistency with the bat, and their strike rate has also become an area of concern, which automatically put pressure on Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran to get the job done.

HOODA & BADONI - STRUGGLE WITH THE BAT

Innings - 16

Runs - 286

Balls Faced - 216

SR - 132.4

AVG - 22

Failure Percentage - 56%

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: Sunrisers Hyderabad's decision to replace Aiden Markram with Marco Jansen as the fourth overseas option has not worked well for the side. Jansen leaked runs at an economy rate of 15 in the last match against MI, while in the middle-order, Mayank Agarwal also flopped with the bat, which hurt them in the clash. The SRH management has to take a big call about recalling Markram in the XI or giving a chance to Glenn Phillips.

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: After starting the tournament on ahigh note with multiple record-breaking totals, it seems like Sunrisers Hyderabad have lost steam at the crucial stage in the tournament. The 2016 champions have lost three of their last four matches and arenow in a tricky stage to qualify for the playoffs. The upcoming clash against LSG is going to be crucial for them to make their case stronger.

SRH in last 4 matches:

Lost - 3

Scores below 175 - 3

Head-Abhishek partnership - AVG of 26 & SR of 136

Run-Rate - 8.6 (worst)

Batting Average - 23.4 (second-lowest)

IPL 2024, SRH vs LSG Live Score, Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow Super Giants need to sort their opening combination the decision to drop Quinton de Kock didn't work well for them as young Arshin Kulkarni flopped in the last two matches. It will be interesting to see whether they will bring De Kock or Devdutt Padikkal back to get the left-right combination with KL Rahul.