IPL 2022 | SRH vs LSG - Pre-Match Analysis

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will be taking on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Match 12 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai. SRH will be hoping to register their first win in the tournament, while Lucknow will look to continue their form from their last match against CSK. Hence, there will be some contests to watch in the game. 

Kane Williamson vs Avesh Khan: Avesh will be opening the bowling for LSG, and as we have seen in the last match, Kane Williamson would open the innings for SRH. These two players will be facing off against each other, so let's look at what can be expected from the face-off.

Table: Williamson vs Avesh Khan

Observation: In the little that the two have faced each other, the experience of Williamson has got the better of the young paceman. Avesh has not been able to dismiss the Kiwi superstar yet, while Williamson has struck the pacer at an impressive strike rate of 140. SRH will hope that Williamson continues with his domination as he will be an essential factor in their batting effort while they try to return to winning ways.

Nicholas Pooran vs Ravi Bishnoi: This will be an exciting battle in the middle overs of the SRH innings. Pooran will indeed look to dominate the young Indian spinner. But these are yet to face off in the IPL, so let us look at Poorans overall record vs leg-spinners.

Nicholas Pooran vs Leg Spinners

Now let us find out how Bishnoi does against left-handed batters.

Ravi Bishnoi vs Left-Hand Batters

Observation: There is a visible weakness in the case of Pooran vs leg spinner. He scores at a strike rate of 114.2 against them and has already been dismissed twice in 7 overs of leg-spin he has faced in IPL. He gets dismissed every 21 balls he faces of leg-spin. So, there is a problem with him against leg-spinners.

Ravi Bishnoi, on the other hand, looks good against left-handers. He picks up a left-hander every 25 balls he bowls to them. His conceding run rate is also very decent. Left-handers score at a strike rate of just 111.8 against Bishnoi. So, it will be an exciting competition when Pooran and Bishnoi face off against each other.

KL Rahul vs Bhuvneswar Kumar: The skipper of Lucknow, Rahul will be a significant part of the Lucknow team's batting effort. He will be facing SRH's spearhead, Bhuvneswar Kumar. So let us look at their face-off history.

KL Rahul vs Bhuvneshwar 

Observation: KL Rahul has the upper hand over Bhuvneshwar, as he has been dismissed only once by the pacer till now. But Rahul has not been scoring against him at a very high rate. The strike rate for Rahul is just 115.87 against Bhuvi. Thus, we can expect that Rahul will look to play out Bhuvneswar at the beginning of the innings.

Evin Lewis vs Washington Sundar: Lewis was the mainstay of LSG's win against CSK. In the middle phase, he will be facing Washington Sundar. SRH will be hoping the off-spinner gets the upper hand over Lewis so that he does not take away the match from their hand. There is no significant record between the two. So first, we will take a look at Lewis' history against off-spin bowlers. 

Evin Lewis vs off-spin bowlers

Let us see how Washington Sundar fares against left-handers.

Sundar vs Left-handers

Observation: Washington Sundar has dismissed left-handers seven times in IPL. He picks up a left-handed batter every 38 balls. The strike rate is not that impressive, but his economy rate is decent against left-handers. He just conceded seven runs per over against left-handers. But Lewis hasn't been dismissed by an off-spinner in IPL keeps quiet against them. His strike rate is only 93.33. Thus, SRH will hope that even if Sundar does not pick up Lewis, he keeps the left-hander quiet and builds pressure on him.