Travis Head Ruled Out, O'Rourke To Debut For LSG As SRH Elect To Bowl First

SRH Vs LSG Toss Time [Source: @iplt20.com]

The 61st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 features the Lucknow Super Giants up against the Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The game holds utmost importance for the home side since they are still in the race to qualify for the IPL playoffs.

The Super Giants will miss the services of Mayank Yadav due to an injury and also have to worry about their struggling captain, Rishabh Pant, who has failed to deliver the goods so far. On the other hand, SRH have already crashed out of the tournament but can play the party spoiler for the LSG team.

They, too, will miss Travis Head as the Aussie star suffered from Covid-19 and hasn't recovered completely. Ahead of the match, we look at what transpired at the toss.

Who won the toss today?

SRH won the toss and Pat Cummins had no hesitation in bowling first on a wicket which won't change much throughout the game. As expected, Travis Head will miss the match due to suffering from Covid-19. Harsh Dubey will make his debut tonight as SRH look to ruin LSG's party.

For LSG, Mayank Yadav's replacement, William O'Rourke will make his debut. Mayank suffered from a back injury and was replaced by the Kiwi pacer in a must-win contest. That is the only change LSG have made for this must-win contest.

LSG Vs SRH playing XIs

Lucknow Super Giants Playing XI: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (c & wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Singh Rathi, William O'Rourke

Sunrisers Hyderabad Playing XI: Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (c), Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga

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