Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Lucknow Super Giants in their first home match of IPL 2026 on Sunday (April 5) afternoon. SRH are coming into the match against LSG at Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium after securing a dominating win by 65 runs over Kolkata Knight Riders in their second match, which was played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday, April 2. In that fixture, Heinrich Klaasen scored a half-century (52), and the opening duo of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head played knocks of 48 and 46 runs, respectively. Later in the second half, Jaydev Unadkat picked up three wickets, and two KKR batters were sent back to the pavilion by Sri Lankan pace bowler Eshan Malinga.
On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants suffered a humiliating
defeat by 6 wickets against Delhi Capitals in their tournament’s opener played on Wednesday (April 1) in Lucknow. After their batters could only manage to score 141 runs in 18.4 overs, fast bowlers Mohammed Shami, Mohsin Khan and Prince Yadav tried to pull LSG back in the game by taking four quick wickets, but Tristan Stubbs and Sameer Rizvi added more than 100 runs for the fifth wicket to seal the deal for DC.
After kicking off their IPL 2026 campaign with a defeat, LSG would like to come up with a big show on Sunday afternoon in Hyderabad against Sunrisers Hyderabad and earn their first points of the ongoing season.
SRH vs LSG: Head-to-head in IPL
- Matches played: 6
- SRH won: 2
- LSG won: 4
- No result: 0
Results for SRH vs LSG matches in IPL
| WINNER | MARGIN | LOSER | VENUE | DATE |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 12 runs | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Navi Mumbai | April 4, 2022 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 5 wickets | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Lucknow | April 7, 2023 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 7 wickets | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | May 13, 2023 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 10 wickets | Lucknow Super Giants | Hyderabad | May 8, 2024 |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 5 wickets | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Hyderabad | March 27, 2025 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 6 wickets | Lucknow Super Giants | Lucknow | May 19, 2025 |
Top performers and record-holders in IPL matches between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants:
- Highest total: 206/4 in 18.2 overs by Sunrisers Hyderabad in Lucknow on May 19, 2025.
- Lowest total: 121/8 in 20 overs by Sunrisers Hyderabad in Lucknow on April 7, 2023.
- Biggest win (by runs): Lucknow Super Giants won by 12 runs (Target: 170) in Navi Mumbai on April 4, 2022.
- Biggest win (by wickets): Sunrisers Hyderabad secured a win by 10 wickets (Target: 166) in Hyderabad on May 8, 2024.
- Most runs: 218 runs in 5 matches by Nicholas Pooran for Lucknow Super Giants.
- Highest score: 89* runs from 30 balls by Travis Head for Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad on May 8, 2024.
- Most sixes: 13 maximums in 5 matches by Nicholas Pooran for Lucknow Super Giants.
- Most 50+ scores: 2 scores of 50+ each by Abhishek Sharma for SRH and Mitchell Marsh for LSG.
- Most wickets: 7 wickets in 4 matches by Krunal Pandya for Lucknow Super Giants.
- Best bowling figures: 4 for 24 in four overs by Avesh Khan for LSG on April 4, 2022, in Navi Mumbai.
- Most matches: 6 matches each by Ayush Badoni and Ravi Bishnoi for Lucknow Super Giants.
Likely playing XIs of SRH and LSG for IPL 2026 match on April 5
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Jaydev Unadkat, David Payne. Impact player: Harshal Patel, Liam Livingstone, Eshan Malinga, R Smaran, Sakib Hussain
- Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Mohsin Khan, Mohammed Shami, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav. Impact player: Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Akshat Raghuvanshi
Squads for IPL 2026
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Ishan Kishan (C & WK), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Salil Arora, Aniket Verma, Harsh Dubey, Harshal Patel, David Payne, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, Smaran Ravichandran, Sakib Hussain, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan Ansari, Kamindu Mendis, Brydon Carse, Praful Hinge, Krains Fuletra, Onkar Tarmale, Amit Kumar
Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (C & WK), Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Anrich Nortje, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Breetzke, Josh Inglis, Himmat Singh, Mukul Choudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Naman Tiwari, Arjun Sachin Tendulkar, Manimaran Siddharth, Mayank Prabhu Yadav, Akash Maharaj Singh
