SRH captain Pat Cummins. Photo: BCCI
LSG vs SRH: Cummins wins toss, Hyderabad opt to bowl
New Zealand pacer William O'Rourke is making his IPL debut for LSG today
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins won the toss and opted to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in an IPL 2025 match in Lucknow on Monday (May 19).
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New Zealand pacer William O'Rourke is making his IPL debut for LSG today. For SRH, Travis Head is not playing, and so is Jaydev Unadkat, who is on personal leave, informed Cummins at the toss.
SRH (7 points from 11 games) are already out of playoff contention, while LSG (10 points from 11 matches) are in a must-win situation to remain in the hunt.
Playing XIs
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (wk), Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Kamindu Mendis, Pat Cummins (captain), Harshal Patel, Harsh Dubey, Zeeshan Ansari, Eshan Malinga.
Impact Player Subs: Mohammad Shami, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby, Abhinav Manohar, Simarjeet Singh.
Lucknow Super Giants: Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant (captain & wk), Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Will O'Rourke.
Impact Player Subs: Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Manimaran Siddharth, Shardul Thakur, David Miller.