New Delhi:
Sunrisers Hyderabad is set to clash against Gujarat Lions at Kanpur’s Green Park stadium. The match will commence on Saturday evening as SRH will go all out to for a victory as it will ensure their place in the play-offs of this edition of the IPL.
Hyderabad can make the play-offs even if they lose the match although in such a scenario, they will have to hope that Rising Pune Supergiant defeat Kings XI Punjab in their final game on Sunday.
SRH coach Tom Moody has said that his team will like to leave their destiny in the hands of other teams. They will play like champions and would try to achieve full points from the match. Hyderabad is ranked 4th on the IPL points table whereas Gujarat Lions is ranked 7th.
News Nation Sports desk does a pre-match live analysis via Facebook every day covering the team previews, tournament form guide and discussing the possible outcome of the match.
Inconsistency has been the bane of the defending champions as they faltered in the middle of the tournament after winning their first few games. Their form hasn’t been great recently as they lost 2 of their last 3 games.
The batting is heavy with the likes of skipper David Warner, Moises Henriques, Shikhar Dhawan and Yuvjraj Singh whereas the bowling is being well led by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Rashid Khan. Young pacers like Siddharth Kaul and Mohammed Siraj have impressed whereas spinner Mohammad Nabi too has been a force to reckon with.
As far as the Gujarat Lions’ squad is concerned, their batting has flourished throughout the tournament with Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik and Aaron Finch being consistently among runs.
Here is the live Facebook analysis:
Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Probable Playing Eleven
David Warner, Shikhar Dhawan, Moses Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, Kane Williamson, V Shankar, N Ojha, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Siraj, Rashid Khan and Siddharth Kaul
Gujarat Lions:
Probable Playing Eleven
Dwayne Smith, Ishan Kishan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Aaron Finch, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pradeep Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni
