Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Lucknow Super Giants: Lucknow to show their mantle against Hyderabad

Two teams with a different start to the tournament. One is on a high and trying to have their say at the big table and the other is looking to escape from the bottom of the table. 

Sunrisers had a below-average performance in their last game with them losing by 61 runs against Rajasthan Royals. They have a net run rate of -3.05 which can haunt them in the long run even if they do well later in the tournament. They need to turn their fortunes around and they need to do it quick as the games are coming thick and fast. The only real positive they can take from the Rajasthan game is the mid-lower order that not only survived but scored at a fast rate which helped them not lose by a significant margin.

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

Lucknow, though they are a new franchise is showing how to announce themselves at the championship. Having lost the first game by a narrow margin against fellow newbies Gujarat, they rose to the occasion against champions CSK and chased down 210 in the very next game. With Sunrisers low on confidence, it will be a perfect opportunity to climb up the table in the early stages of the tournament. 

KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera / Andrew Tye, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan

The venue has been the most dynamic in this IPL. With assistance from good bowling and batters who dig deep and endured the early waves have done well. Going with the recent performances we are backing Lucknow to win the game. We are expecting a total in the range of 160-180. 

• Lucknow to win for 1.79;
• Each Team To Score Over 159.5 Runs for 1.62;
• W2 After First 6 Overs (2Way) for 1.8