Bold: Southpaws Abhishek and Pant are expected to bat in their usual free-spirited manner.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad fast bowling coach James Franklin said that the team will have to get ‘creative’ in dealing with the Lucknow Super Giants’ batting might.
Against Delhi Capitals in its IPL season opener, LSG, riding on Nicholas Pooran and Mitchell Marsh’s whirlwind knocks, looked on course to breach the 250-run mark before posting 209 for eight. While DC managed to chase it down in the end, Super Giants showed a glimpse of what they have in their arsenal.
Dangerous
“LSG is certainly a dangerous batting unit and their top five are pretty good. We’re going to have to be pretty sharp and pretty creative with what we potentially throw at them to hopefully produce some good results for our bowling unit,” Franklin said.
SRH’s batting muscle and affinity for high scores will be its biggest strength in this fixture. Marsh, who was with the franchise in 2020, is expecting LSG to come under pressure from the home side’s batters.
“They’ve been a great team to watch last season and obviously in their first game, the way they played. We know they’re going to come hard. We know we’re going to be under pressure at some point,” the LSG opener said. “But you’ve got to welcome that pressure and take it on and it’s hopefully going to be a great match.”
When asked about LSG’s plans to deal with SRH on a flat pitch in Hyderabad, a trademark cheeky answer came from the Aussie: “Score more runs than them”.
Published – March 26, 2025 08:27 pm IST