New Delhi: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first against Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadavendra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur, in New Chandigarhun on Sunday.In a big change for LSG, Manimaran Siddharth has been brought in and Digvesh Rathi has been left out of the starting XI. While the Punjab kings did not make any changes to their side.
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“We will play first. Coming here, we want them to set a total for us. They were one of the best teams in the tournament, but at the same time, it gives us the freedom that we can play more freely with them. In general, I feel that playing for 220 innings is better than playing for 200 innings sometimes.”
(Manimaran) Siddharth comes and (Digvesh) Rathi goes away. (And that elbow is good?) “Much better,” Pant said while bowling.While PBKS skipper Iyer said, “I feel it is a big challenge for us and going forward in the tournament, at least we will have a fair idea on how to go forward in the first innings, since we have not batted first yet. So it is a big challenge for the boys as well and as a collective team effort, it will be a big challenge.”
(Are there any areas for improvement?) Yes, definitely, an overall win. We have played many matches in the tournament, but there is still a moment that we have not achieved yet.
So it’s important that this game is one that we all go into together, make sure we give our best and get that comprehensive win as I mentioned. We will go with the same team.” the difference:Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Mohsin Khan.Kings of Punjab (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (W), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (C), Shashank Singh, Nihal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marko Janssen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal Influential substitutes for both teams:Lucknow Super Giants Influential Subs: Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mathew Britsky, Mayank Yadav, Himmat SinghKings of Punjab Submarine Impact: Vijaykumar Vishak, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Chedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod