Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the IPL 2022 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants from the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

OUT!

LSG 16/1 in 3 overs: Bhuvneshwar continues. Pitched up on the stump and Rahul defends. Length ball next up outside off and Rahul nudges it behind point for one. Good yorker just outside off coming across to Lewis and he misses it. Lewis wanted to pull this one but wasn’t short enough and ended tucking it to square leg for a single. A couple more for Rahul; good running between the wickets. FOUR! Too full and width outside off and Rahul chops it to the third man boundary.

LSG 8/1 in 2 overs: FOUR! Washington will bowl in the PowerPlay. Pitched too full on muddle and Rahul drives past mid off on the front foot for a boundary. Coming into him on a length and Rahul goes back and drives through mid wicket for a single. de Kock defends this full delivery to the bowler. OUT! The matchup works in favour of SRH as de Kock backs out on leg and tries to go inside out but doesn’t get the elevation and Williamson takes it at extra cover. Quinton de Kock c Kane Williamson b Washington Sundar 1(4b 0x4 0x6). Evin Lewis comes in and misses the sweep first ball. Loud appeal for LBW turned down and SRH reviews. Unlucky for Washington as the ball was clipping top of middle and it is deemed umpire’s call. Lewis survives.

LSG 3/0 in 1 over: KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock are walking out to start the innings for Lucknow. Bhuvneshwar Kumar with the new ball. Match number 12 of the Indian Premier League 2022 coming your way. Two slips in place. A bit of shape away first ball, pitched just outside off, and Rahul taps it to point for a dot. Rahul is off the mark with a push to mid off. De Kock drives straight to mid off. Flicked off his pads to fine leg for one. Cut away to third man for a single and Rahul keeps strike.

19-26 IST: We are moments away from live action. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar likely to begin the proceedings with the ball, it will be interesting to see if SRH gives Washington Sundar a chance to share the new ball. With left-hander Quinton de Kock at the crease, the off-spinner could pose questions.

An enticing matchup awaits in the PowerPlay overs at the DY Patil Stadium. Here is how the numbers stack up.

KL Rahul in PowerPlay: Matches – 75; Runs – 1396; Avg – 63.45; SR – 129.61; 4s – 155; 6s – 55.

Quinton de Kock in PowerPlay: Matches – 79; Runs – 1412; Avg – 40.34; SR – 129.42; 4s – 163; 6s – 53.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar in PowerPlay: Matches – 131; Wickets – 51; Econ – 5.93; Avg – 30.58; SR – 93.87.

Washington Sundar in PowerPlay: Matches – 28; Wickets – 9, Econ – 7.48; Avg – 41.55; SR – 120.19.

SRH VS LSG PLAYING XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan.

TOSS: Kane Williamson has won the toss and SRH will bowl first. No changes for Hyderabad from the loss against Rajasthan. KL Rahul says he would have liked to bowl first too and confirms that Jason Holder will play today.

SRH VS LSG PREDICTED XI

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (c), Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Romario Shepherd, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Evin Lewis, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi.

IPL 2022 at DY Patil Stadium

Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by 23 runs (April 2, 2022)

Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Kolkata Knight Riders by three wickets (March 30, 2022)

Punjab Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets (March 27, 2022)

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD (LAST FIVE MATCHES)

Lost to Rajasthan Royals by 61 runs (March 29, 2022)

Lost to Mumbai Indians by 42 runs (October 8, 2021)

Beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four runs (October 6, 2021)

Lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets (October 3, 2021)

Lost to Chennai Super Kings by six wickets (September 30, 2021)

MATCH PREVIEW

After a meek surrender against Rajasthan Royals in its Indian Premier League opening fixture, Sunrisers Hyderabad will be hoping to bounce back when it faces Lucknow Super Giants at the DY Patil Stadium on Monday.

While its pace bowling line-up, comprising Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik and T Natarajan failed to impress, the Hyderabad outfit struggled in the batting department as well, with none of its top recruits – except Aiden Markram – showing intent.

In a key fixture, the focus will once again be on captain Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran, along with Indian recruits Abdul Samad and Abhishek Sharma. Being a consistent unit until the 2020 season, Sunrisers struggled in the last edition of the tournament, finishing at the bottom of the points table, and this time, the players need to come up with a complete, all-round performance to bring the team’s campaign back on track, against new entrant Lucknow.

After suffering a defeat in the first game against Gujarat Titans, a spirited batting show – first by captain KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock, and followed up by Evin Lewis and Ayush Badoni – saw Lucknow beat Chennai Super Kings in its last outing.

And once again, all eyes will again be on young Badoni, who has taken the tournament by storm with his six-hitting prowess. On the bowling front, Avesh Khan, Sri Lankan Dushmantha Chameera and Ravi Bishnoi need to be consistent and disciplined.

THE SQUADS

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (c), Umran Malik, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Nicholas Pooran (wk), T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Priyam Garg, Rahul Tripathi, Abhishek Sharma, Kartik Tyagi, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, R Samarth, Shashank Singh, Saurabh Dubey, Vishnu Vinod, Glenn Phillips, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c), Ravi Bishnoi, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock (wk), Krunal Pandya, Andrew Tye, Avesh Khan, Ankit Singh Rajpoot, Krishnappa Gowtham, DushmantHa Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav.

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