Match 7 of the Indian Premier League 2025 sees the Sunrisers Hyderabad set against the Lucknow Super Giants, where the two teams will play on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Thanks to an amazing innings by Ashutosh Sharma, LSG, under Rishabh Pant, is following a hard loss to the Delhi Capitals by one wicket. The Pat Cummins-led SRH team is in great shape meantime, especially with the bat since players like Ishan Kishan, Travis Head, and Heinrich Klaasen looked in terrific form. They hit a stunning286 thanks.
LSG will be hopeful given their performance in the game following early wickets in the second innings, even though their campaign was badly off to start. With two early wickets to set the team in lead, Shardul Thakur gave his new franchise the ideal start.
The likely playing XI of SRH
SRH is not likely to make too many changes to their team following a decent performance in their opening game. The only alteration they could think about is their selection of impact substitute. Hyderabad’s tracks lack much turn, hence they might want to bring in another all-rounder in Wiaan Mulder to make sure they can add the extra batter to an already strong batting unit to face a weakened bowling line-up.
Furthermore, Abhishek Sharma will be aiming big this time since he would have failed by his high expectations. The opposition will have a difficult challenge of surpassing a strong batting unit in the top five; it is yet to be seen how the middle-order will respond in a situation when under the pump.
LSG’s likely playing XI
Although the batting team displayed great performance, Rishabh Pant has not yet taken front stage. However, the state of Hyderabad might be the catalyst enabling him to return to form and inflict a significant knock to position LSG in contention.
Furthermore, the side might modify by eliminating one of their spin-bowling choices to provide Rajvardhan Hangarkekar an opportunity to assist in fast-bowling assault improvement. With his new ball, Shardul Thakur is anticipated to keep spearheading the assault; LSG would hope he could keep being the difference in the powerplay.
The Lucknow Super Giants will benefit much from Avesh Khan’s apparently pronounced fit and clearance to rejoin his team. LSG might, however, put him straight back into the side; it is yet unknown.
Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins, Harshal Patel, Simarjeet Singh, Mohammed Shami probable playing XI for Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH impact subs: Adam Zampa, Wiaan Mulder, Sachin Baby, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari.
Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c/wk), David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Shardul Thakur, RS Hangargekar, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi Lucknow Super Giants probable playing XI
LSG Impact Subs: Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, M Siddarth, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh.