SRH vs LSG IPL 2024 Game in Hyderabad Gets WASHED Out by Rain – What Happens to Playoff Qualification Scenario, Points Table?

Hyderabad: With possibilities of rain looming large over the Sunrisers Hyderabad versus Lucknow Super Giants IPL 2024 game at the Uppal stadium, what happens if the game gets washed out – who benefits? If the game is washed out, both teams will share the points which will take both the sides at third and fourth spot in the points table. Both these teams will replace Chennai Super Kings, who will drop down to the fifth spot. But again, SRH and LSG would have played a extra game compared to CSK, who have played 11.

Currently, both teams are locked in at 12 points from 11 games with SRH making the top four cut based on a slightly superior net run rate of -0.065 compared to LSG’s -0.371. The Sunrisers find themselves in a fierce competition for the top four spot with KKR, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings (12) stationed above them on the points table.

The threat of rain looms large. It rained incessantly on Tuesday and there are high chances of rain on Wednesday as well.

According to accuweather, there are chances of rain from 5 PM IST on May 8 (Wednesday) with thunderstorms expected at spots. There are 40 per cent chances of rain on the match-day with the temperature hovering around 28 degrees. The humidity will be around 62 per cent.

Due to heavy rain, several spots in Hyderabad had significant traffic disruptions while some places also witnessed hailstorms.

Probable Playing XIIs

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Nitish Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Glenn Phillips, Shahbaz Ahmed, Jaydev Unadkat, Pat Cummins (c), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan

Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul (c & wk), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan/Arshad Khan, Yash Thakur