Who will win GL vs SRH, IPL 2017 53rd Match?
Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to confirm their place in the playoffs when they take on an out-of-sorts Gujarat Lions in match no. 53 of the ongoing Indian Premier League 2017. The match is scheduled to be played on May 13 at the Green Park in Kanpur with live action to begin at 4 PM local time.
GL vs SRH 53rd Match: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Set Max, Sony Six, Sky Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Star Sports
Toss Prediction
The side batting second at the Green Park won both the matches in the previous season of the IPL as well as the only match to be played so far this year. Toss therefore is going to be crucial here and whichever team wins it is likely to field first. Gujarat Lions won both their matches at this ground last year while chasing and so it will be safer to place a bet on them if they happen to bat second in this match.
Read on for team previews, latest betting odds, betting tips and prediction for GL vs SRH, IPL 2017 53rd match....
GL Team News & Playing 11
Team News
None of their players have been reported to be injured and the team is expected to go unchanged into this match.
Key Players
Suresh Raina and Dinesh Karthik continue to be the key players in Gujarat Lions' batting lineup. Both have been among the runs this IPL and are the only batsmen in the side to have a batting average of above 40. The Lions will look to James Faulkner and Basil Thampi to deliver the goods with the ball. Thampi has taken 11 wickets from 12 matches and has a reasonable economy rate of close to 9.5.
Recent Form
Gujarat Lions are second-to-bottom on the IPL 2017 leaderboard with just 8 points from 13 league matches. They have struggled in the bowling department all through the season and have not even once been able to successfully defend a total.
GL Predicted Playing 11
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SK Raina (c), DR Smith, Ishan Kishan, KD Karthik (wk), AJ Finch, RA Jadeja, JP Faulkner, DS Kulkarni, PJ Sangwan, Basil Thampi, Ankit Soni
SRH Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Sunrisers Hyderabad have no injury issues ahead of this upcoming fixture and the selectors are likely to retain the same lineup from the previous match.
Key Players
The opening pair of David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan has shone with the bat for Sunrisers Hyderabad this IPL. Both are currently the top two batsmen of the season. Warner had blasted 76 runs off 45 balls in the reverse fixture and the team will want him to play a similar innings on Saturday. Bhuvneshwar Kumar picked up a couple of wickets in the last game to take his wicket tally to 23 - the most any bowler so far. He together with Rashid Khan will be the key bowlers for SRH in this match.
Recent Form
Sunrisers Hyderabad are fourth in the IPL 2017 standings with seven wins and five defeats from 13 league matches. After losing back-to-back fixtures, they beat table-toppers Mumbai Indians convincingly in their previous match.
SRH Predicted Playing 11
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DA Warner (c), S Dhawan, MC Henriques, Yuvraj Singh, V Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, NV Ojha (wk), B Kumar, Rashid Khan, S Kaul, Mohammed Siraj
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
GL: L W L L T
SRH: W L L W W
GL vs SRH Head to Head
Sunrisers Hyderabad have never faced defeat at the hands of Gujarat Lions, winning all four matches that have been played between these two teams in the past. SRH inflicted a crushing nine-wicket defeat on the Lions when they met them earlier in the sixth game of the ongoing IPL 2017.
GL vs SRH Betting Odds
Sunrisers Hyderabad have a 100% win record against Gujarat Lions and they did not even have to break a sweat in two out of the four matches they have played against them in the past. Their performance this season has been far better than the Lions and are therefore favorites to win this match at best odds of 1.66 with bet365. Gujarat Lions have not been able to replicate their performance from last year and are thus outsiders at 2.20 with Bet365.
GL vs SRH Prediction
Gujarat Lions will be giving their final appearance in the Indian Premier League and so the team will look to end their campaign on a high. But they will be up against a formidable Sunrisers Hyderabad whom they have never been able to overcome in the past. While there are no chinks in SRH, the Lions clearly do have one in their bowling department. They have struggled with the ball ever since Andrew Tye got injured and none of the other bowlers have looked threatening enough. Sunrisers Hyderabad have won four out of the five games they have played away from home this year and this is one of the main reasons why we predict them to win this match and seal their place in the playoffs.
Final Verdict: Back Sunrisers Hyderabad to beat Gujarat Lions in the 53rd match of IPL 2017 at 1.66 with bet365.
May 13, 2017
16:00 IST / 10:30 GMT
Green Park Stadium - Kanpur, India
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