Players from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Ekana Stadium sweated the net a day before the match. In the practice session, Rishabh Pant was seen practicing batting in the aggressive introduction. Rishabh Pant in many practice sessions first of Lucknow
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During this time, LSG captain appeared with big hits. LSG fast bowlers bowled for a long time. At the same time, Rishabh Pant was seen playing the cover drive, on drive, hook shot, state drive while playing on the spinners ball.
Today the match will be played on the black soil pitch. In this session, Lucknow has played 3 matches in Ekana on a pitch of red soil. In this, the team has suffered defeat in all matches. The team has won the match on both wickets of Kali Mitti. Today’s match will be played on black soil.
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Nicholas Puran sweated heavily in batting practice.
LSG captain Rishabh Pant practiced a lot of batting.
LSG batsman Mitchell Marsh practiced at Ekana Stadium.
Rishabh Pant appeared to escape from reverse sweep
During the batting practice, Rishabh Pant appeared to be batting from the reverse sweep. In fact, in this session of IPL, Rishabh Pant has been dismissed at a reverse sweep at least three times. In the match played on 27 April 2025 against Mumbai Indians (Mi), Pant played a reverse sweep on the off-spin ball of Will Jax, which became an easy catch in the hands of Karan Sharma on Short Third Man.
This happened during the innings of Delhi Capitals (DC). Pant was batting in a good rhythm at that time. Against Rajasthan Royals (RR), on 19 April 2025, Pant attempted reverse sweep on Vanindu Hasranga’s leg-spin ball. The top edge of the ball was hit, and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurlel completed the Juggling Catch. At the same time, Pant was dismissed playing reverse sweep in the match against Punjab Kings.
Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowler Pat Cummins and other players practiced in Ekana.
LSG was overwhelmed by foreign batsmen
In the tournament, the team has reached the position of do or die. Senior journalist Sanjay Suri says that the team has fed four foreign batsmen. It has been fed to Adam Markam, Nicholas Puran, David Miller and Michel Marsh. Fast bowler Samar Joseph has not been fed a single match, so it may not come in this season.
His fastest bowler was Mayank Yadav. Earlier there were unfit. Did not come in the rhythm even after coming to the team. After this, New Zealand fast bowler Will O’Rurke has been brought in the team for their replacement, but they have not bowled with the foreign bowler. So in such a situation it will not be effective. At the same time, his captain Rishabh Pant has also not appeared effective while batting.
Sunrisers batsman Ishaan Kishan also appeared in the practice session.
LSG would like to maintain rhythm on black soil
LSG has played 11 matches. There are 3 matches left, now it is necessary to win all three matches at a good run rate. Along with this, they have to hope that the results of other teams’ matches are also positive for them, so that they would be benefited. Math Matikali chances are that the Lucknow team goes to the playoffs. Both the remaining matches are tough for the team.
The second match is to play the team against Gujarat in Ahmedabad. It is necessary to win here. Gujarat is a tuff uptake. He is also a contender for the title. It will be a big challenge to defeat at home, but if today’s match team wins, motivation will remain high.
On May 27, there is a team match against RCB, if the team wins both these matches, then Lucknow will be batted. The match against RCB will be the Must Win Match. The match may also be Virat Kohli’s final match in Lucknow. Everyone hopes that Lucknow won both matches and came to Lucknow and qualify for the playoffs in the tournament.
Lucknow’s upper hand in match
So far 5 matches have been played between Lucknow and Hyderabad, out of which Lucknow has won 4 matches. The Hyderabad team could win only one match. At the same time, the pitch of Ekana Stadium has been played against 19 IPL so far, out of which 8 matches have won the first batting team, while the team that chased the target has registered their names. A match has been inconclusive. Apart from this, the toss winning team has won the most. The toss winning team would like to bowl first.