The home team is looking for their second win of the tournament, while the Sunrisers are aiming to open their account in the points table.
After winning the toss, SRH captain Aiden Markram opted to bat first. “The wicket looks dry. Ideally we will get to our first win. The guys are looking excited. There are two changes. One of them is me,” he said at the toss.
For SRH, Markram and Anmolpreet Singh made it into the starting XI. They replaced Glenn Phillips and Abhishek Sharma respectively.
On the other hand, LSG made three changes to their starting XI. Mark Wood, Avesh Khan and Krishnappa Gowtham were not picked as Romario Shepherd, Jaydev Unadkat, Amit Mishra are making their LSG debuts.
However, Avesh was named among the five substitutes alongside Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, and Prerak Mankad.
Here’s why Mark Wood not playing today’s game
LSG captain KL Rahul said at the toss that Wood is down with flu and therefore he is not with the team.
“We will assess the conditions and try to put on our best show. Wood is down with flu, so he misses out,” stated Rahul when asked about the pitch and his playing XI.
Notably, Wood picked up a fifer during the Super Giants thumping win over the Delhi Capitals (DC).
Teams:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI) – Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh (wk), Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram (c), Harry Brook, Washington Sundar, Abdul Samad, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Adil Rashid
Subs – Heinrich Klaasen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mayank Markande, Mayank Dagar, Marco Jansen
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI) – KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Jaydev Unadkat, Ravi Bishnoi
Subs – Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, Prerak Mankad, Avesh Khan.
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