SunRisers Hyderabad Batters Gear Up For Lucknow Super Giants Spin Test

12.05.2023 - 10:57 sports.ndtv.com

Lucknow Super Giants will be itching to get back to winning ways against a buoyant Sunrisers Hyderabad with young wrist spinner Ravi Bishnoi holding the key in a must-win IPL game here on Saturday.

LSG, having lost two of their last three matches, will take a huge step forward if they happen to get past Aiden Markram's team, which is languishing in ninth place in the 10-team table.

The Krunal Pandya-led team is currently fifth with 11 points and is very much there in the play-off mix. However, on an Uppal track that has produced middling team totals, the role of spinners will be paramount, and that's where Bishnoi, veteran 'Impact Sub' Amit Mishra and skipper Krunal himself come into the picture.

The spin troika will have its task cut out against a Hyderabad line-up whose batting will be dependant on their three overseas recruits -- Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen and Glenn Phillips.

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