India, March 27 -- The IPL 2025 season is well and truly here, as teams begin the second round of fixtures and begin putting their campaigns into place. Thursday will see a match between two teams with heavily contrasting fortunes in their first matches. Sunrisers Hyderabad piled on 286 runs against Rajasthan Royals, continuing this season as they played in the last, winning by 44 runs. Conversely, Lucknow Super Giants failed to defend 209, losing to Delhi Capitals in the first bonafide thriller of the year.

SRH stay on at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, while LSG make the short trek over from Vizag. These are two teams whose strengths lie in their batting departments, with some of the most fearsome power hitters in ...