The pitch at the Ekana Sports Stadium is a batting pitch. This makes the pitch very batsman-friendly, as the ball tends to come onto the bat nicely. The pitch has a good record of chasing in the 2nd innings. It has a 56% winning percentage in chasing.
Kyle Mayers: Lucknow's Kyle Mayers is likely to emerge at the top of the batting ranks as the Caribbean hard hitter is in red-hot form, having smashed two consecutive fifties in the first two matches of the tournament. Having done it in Lucknow before, he is expected to do it again when Lucknow lock horns with Hyderabad on Friday.
Mark Wood: The Englishman has so far picked up eight wickets in two matches of the tournament and the last time he played in Lucknow, he managed to add a fifer to his name. There isn't much in the Sunrisers batting lineup to stop his juggernaut and Wood could thus be seen dismantling the SRH batting lineup on Friday.
KL Rahul LSG | BAT The skipper of LSG has struggled so far in the two games and might not be the best pick in his category on Dream11.
Marcus Stoinis LSG | BAT He will have to sit out if LSG decides to pick Quinton de Kock in the playing 11. Hence, you can avoid picking Stoinis in your fantasy team for this game.