Published: Apr 21, 2016, 07:20 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 21, 2016, 08:17 PM (IST)
Gujarat Lions (GL) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will face off in Match 15 of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 at Rajkot on Thursday. GL are undefeated in the tournament so far and sit at the second spot behind Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the points table. Meanwhile, SRH have recently won their first match, but are still seventh on the points table. GL and SRH have both played 3 matches each so far, and will be playing their fourth match against each other. SRH are just ahead of Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and just behind Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) while GL are just behind KKR and just above Delhi Daredevils (DD). LIVE CRICKET SCORECARD: Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016, Match 15 at Rajkot
The two sides are quite unevenly matched given current form and bench strength. SRH have an excellent bowling attack but the lacklustre batting has hampered them severely. Meanwhile, GL boast of a batting line-up that reads Aaron Finch, Brendon McCullum, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Ravindra Jadeja, and others. They have a superb bowling attack as well in Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Bravo, Faulkner, Jadeja, Dhawal Kulkarni, Pradeep Sangwan, Pravin Tambe, and others. LIVE CRICKET BLOG: Gujarat Lions vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, IPL 2016, Match 15 at Rajkot
The match is being played at Rajkot, which is traditionally a lovely batting track. A huge total could be expected, especially if GL bat first and put on a score in excess of 180. The team chasing will perhaps hold the advantage given the current track record of the IPL 2016, where only 1 match has been won by the team batting first.
Squads:
Gujarat Lions (GL): Suresh Raina (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Praveen Kumar, Dale Steyn, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Dwayne Smith, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aaron Finch, Eklavya Dwivedi, Andrew Tye, Ishan Kishan, Jaydev Shah, Shadab Jakati, Pravin Tambe, Pradeep Sangwan, Amit Mishra, Shivil Kaushik, Aksh Deep Nath, Sarabjeet Ladda, Umang Sharma, Paras Dogra.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Ashish Reddy, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Bipul Sharma, Karn Sharma, KL Rahul, Naman Ojha (wk), Parvez Rasool, Ricky Bhui, Shikhar Dhawan, Siddharth Kaul, David Warner (c), Moises Henriques, Eoin Morgan, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Deepak Hooda, Mustafizur Rahman, Aditya Tare (wk), Barinder Sran, Ben Cutting, Vijay Shankar, Abhimanyu Mithun, Tirumalasetti Suman.
