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The Lucknow Super Giants take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in Match 61 of the IPL 2025 at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow tonight. SRH skipper Pat Cummins won the toss and elected to field first agianst hosts LSG.
Currently placed seventh with 10 points from 11 matches, LSG face a do-or-die scenario with only three games left in the league stage. One more defeat would end their playoff hopes. The Rishabh Pant-led side has struggled recently, losing four of their last five games, and they appear to be low on momentum and self-belief. However, a brief break between matches might provide the team an opportunity to reset and refine their game plan.
In a setback, pace spearhead Mayank Yadav has been ruled out due to injury and replaced by New Zealand quick Will O’Rourke. To have any chance of qualifying, LSG must win all their remaining fixtures—against SRH, GT, and RCB—to reach 16 points. Even then, their negative net run rate of -0.469 makes qualification difficult without favorable results in other games.
Meanwhile, SRH have already been knocked out of the playoff race, managing just three victories from 11 games. With nothing to lose, they will look to play spoiler and disrupt LSG’s playoff ambitions, especially after suffering a defeat to them earlier in the season. The Sunrisers will be boosted by the availability of all their overseas players for this match.
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Ekana Stadium, Lucknow: Pitch report for LSG vs SRH, IPL 2025
Pitch report from Lucknow courtesy of Aaron Finch - "It is a fantastic day. A little bit muggy so there will be sweat for all of those who are out here, whether in the first innings or the second. Lets go to the dimensions because they are important and today with the discrepancy they are particularly important. 60m is the short one and in 69m is the long one and that looks a distance actually, and 75 straight down the ground. Whether they will get those? It will depend on how this goes, this surface," says Pommie Mbangwa. "There is a little sheen on the wicket and that just means that the new ball in particular will just skid on. The lower you go down, the more these lights start to take effect, the more you salivate as a batter. This will be an absolute beauty to bat on. The trend of this tournament has been to bat second and chase the runs down and this is no different. Back yourself later on coz this won't change at all."
Recent match at Ekana Stadium
The most recent match at the Arun Jaitley Stadium saw the hosts DC lose at home to the Kolkata Knight Riders, with the visitors winning the tie by 14 runs in a must win tie for them.
Other key stats at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow
| Ekana Stadium key stats | |
| Stat | Details |
| Matches Played | 19 |
| Matches Won Batting First | 8 (42.11%) |
| Matches Won Batting Second | 10 (52.63%) |
| Matches Won Winning Toss | 12 (63.16%) |
| Matches Won Losing Toss | 6 (31.58%) |
| Matches with No Result | 1 (5.26%) |
| Highest Individual Innings | 89* – M P Stoinis (LSG) vs Mumbai Indians – 16/05/2023 |
| Best Bowling Figures | 5/14 – M A Wood (LSG) vs Delhi Capitals – 01/04/2023 |
| Highest Team Total | 235/6 – Kolkata Knight Riders vs Lucknow Super Giants – 05/05/2024 |
| Lowest Team Total | 108 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru – 01/05/2023 |
| Highest Run Chase Achieved | 177/2 – Punjab Kings vs Lucknow Super Giants – 01/04/2025 |
| Average Runs per Wicket | 26.68 |
| Average Runs per Over | 8.43 |
| Average First Innings Score | 168.16 |
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