LSG, SRH battle to keep playoff hopes alive

In what has to be the most competitive IPL season ever, we've gone past 80 percent of the league stages with all ten teams still in the playoffs race. Apart from Gujarat Titans, the rest of the teams find themselves in a hustle for the playoff spots. Two such sides, at extreme ends in terms of form and momentum, are set to face-off with the loser likely to be on the brink of elimination.

Lucknow Super Giants started the season on a high with four wins from their first six games but have lost steam since then. They're currenly on a four-match winless streak that includes three losses and a no result. Losing regular captain KL Rahul to injury has not helped and they are a side that look vulnerable at the moment, despite all the ammunition that they still have in their squad.

Sunrisers Hyderabad are relatively in a better space mentally. They endured five losses from their first seven games but have won two of their last three games, including an