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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and choose to bowl first
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Lucknow Super Giants by 6 wickets
The last time these two teams met in IPL 2025, LSG beat SRH by 5 wickets.
Back Lucknow Super Giants as the winners of this match.
Tournament: | Indian Premier League, 2025 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, India |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 34.2°C|Overcast |
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) face off against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 61 of IPL 2025 this Monday in Ekana. LSG have picked up 10 points from 11 matches and sit in seventh place. Their playoff hopes are still alive, but hanging by a thread—one more loss and it’s all over. Sunrisers, meanwhile, are already out of the running and will aim to wrap up their season on a positive note with a couple of strong results.
215/7 in 20.0 10.75
161/10 in 20.0 8.05
166/7 in 20.0 8.3
168/5 in 19.3 8.62
224/6 in 20.0 11.2
186/6 in 20.0 9.3
154/10 in 19.5 7.76
155/5 in 18.4 8.3
143/8 in 20.0 7.15
146/3 in 15.4 9.32
166/6 in 18.1 9.14
162/5 in 20.0 8.1
167/0 in 9.4
165/4 in 20.0
182/6 in 20.0
IPL 2023
Lucknow Super Giants won by 7 wickets
185/3 in 19.2
127/5 in 16.0
IPL 2023
Lucknow Super Giants won by 5 wickets
121/8 in 20.0
Lucknow Super Giants have had a choppy run this IPL—five wins, six losses, and sitting seventh with a rough NRR of -0.469. They’ve managed a few impressive wins but haven’t stitched together any real momentum. With three straight defeats behind them, they’ll need to win all of their remaining games—and do it with big margins—if they want to keep their playoff hopes alive.
There have been a few positives in their underpar campaign. Aiden Markram is starting to find rhythm. He’s looked more assured at the crease lately and has put up 348 runs in 11 innings, striking at 147—the third-best rate in the squad.
Mitchell Marsh and Nicholas Pooran have done most of the heavy lifting with the bat. Marsh has scored 378 in 10 innings at 155.55, including four fifties. Pooran’s been a level above—410 runs in 11 knocks at a strike rate of 201. If LSG are going to get a big score, odds are one of these three will be at the center of it.
Beyond them, the batting’s been shaky. Rishabh Pant’s form has dipped—just 128 runs from 10 games—and the middle order hasn’t brought much to the table. David Miller hasn’t looked comfortable either, struggling to find any rhythm.
Still, Ayush Badoni and Abdul Samad have played their part with some handy cameos, adding late runs that’ve made a difference more than once.
With the ball, Avesh Khan has led the pace attack. He’s taken 10 wickets in 10 matches and stepped up at the death. Ravi Bishnoi’s had a rougher season—nine wickets in 10 games and going at 10.41 an over. Digvesh Rathi, though, has stood out with 12 in 12 and an economy of just 8.09. If there’s any grip in the surface, he could be in business again.
Aiden Markram has had a good season for LSG and he has proven to be a match winner at the top of the order. At Lucknow in 5 matches, Markram has scored 197 runs and averages 39.40 and also has three fifty plus scores.
Ayush Badoni has scored 157 runs in 5 matches played at Lucknow this season and is averaging 39.25. He is one batter who has shown consistency in the middle order and piled up runs. We back him to continue his good run of form and score over 19 runs against SRH in today's match.
Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, David Miller, Akash Maharaj Singh, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav Impact Player: Mitchell Marsh
Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Akash Deep, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, William O'Rourke
Sunrisers Hyderabad are eliminated from the playoffs contention, and honestly, that tracks with how their season’s played out—frustrating and flat. They’ve managed just three wins from 11 games and will now try to salvage a bit of pride with a couple of wins at the end.
When their top order fires, they look like a different team. But more often than not, early wickets have derailed them. So, the burden’s once again on Abhishek Sharma to get them off to a good start. Abhishek has had some bright moments—like his 141 off 88 against Punjab and 74 off 41 against GT—but he hasn’t been able to maintain consistency. Unfortunately for SRH, Travis Head might miss this match after testing positive for COVID. The final call on whether he plays will come on game day.
In the middle order, Heinrich Klaasen, Ishan Kishan, and Nitish Kumar haven’t done much damage on a consistent basis, but all three have played the occasional sharp innings. If just one of them gets going, it could be enough to turn things around in a game.
Aniket Verma’s been a rare bright spot. He’s hitting at a strike rate of 154 and has been reliable towards the back end of the innings. He knows how to finish.
The bowling has looked sharper in recent matches. Pat Cummins has started to take control, and Harshal Patel has continued to make use of his variations in the middle overs to get breakthroughs. Zeeshan Ansari and Jaydev Unadkat have taken 13 wickets between them and have done a decent job holding things together during the middle phase.
Ishan Kishan hasn't had a great season and so far he has scored 196 runs in 11 matches, averaging 24.50. He has shown some patience in the last couple of matches, where he played a match winning knock against CSK. Kishan will be looking to end his campaign on a high and we back him to come good against LSG and score over 20 runs.
Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sachin Baby, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Abhinav Manohar, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Jaydev Unadkat, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga Impact Player: Travis Head/Kamindu Mendis/Atharva Taide
Ishan Kishan, Aniket Verma , Zeeshan Ansari, Harshal Patel, Pat Cummins, Heinrich Klaasen, Kamindu Mendis, Eshan Malinga, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Harsh Dubey
Ekana isn’t the kind of pitch where you can start swinging from ball one. Batters usually do better when they take some time to get used to the surface. Scoring picks up once they’ve found their rhythm. As the game wears on, the pitch slows and can start acting up a bit, which puts spinners in the mix during the middle stages. For pacers, there’s not much on offer, so they’ll need to rely on slower ones and cutters to keep things under control.
The hot Lucknow weather will test stamina, though the forecast looks clear.
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
SwingSpin Bowling
Average TurnThe average first-innings score at Ekana is around 166. KKR set the highest score here last season with 235/6 against LSG, winning by a massive 98 runs. With the way the pitch has behaved so far in IPL 2025, teams batting first should be thinking 190 or more to stay in control.
The average total match score in the five matches played at Lucknow this season is 352 runs. It is a moderate scoring ground, where a score of 175 -180 will be par for teams batting first and we predict the total match score to be over 349 runs in today's match.
We back the home team LSG to win the coin toss in match 61 of Tata IPL 2025.
Four of the five matches played at Ekana in IPL 2025 have been won by the chasing side, indicating clearly that this venue favors the chasing side.
Lucknow Super Giants had an easy time against Sunrisers Hyderabad when they met earlier this season. Since then, though, LSG’s form has been all over the place. Their batting primarily depends on Marsh, Markram, and Pooran. If those three don’t click, things tend to fall apart. SRH have their own set of issues. They’re dangerous when their openers fire, but they struggle on slower pitches. Their batting tends to fall flat when the ball grips, and that’s likely at Ekana. The ground should suit Lucknow better, which makes them a more reliable pick here.
Back Lucknow Super Giants as the winners of this match.
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