KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and elected to bowl first against Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Chennai Super Kings in match 39 of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, on April 23 (Tuesday). The winner of this match will be in the fourth spot on the points table. LSG did not make any changes in their eleven. However, CSK dropped Rachin Ravindra and announced the return of Daryl Mitchell.
Head-to-Head
Both teams have faced each other on three different occasions with Lucknow winning two of them and Chennai being victorious in one.
Captains at Toss
“We'll bowl first. There is a bit of dew, we have trained here and there is a bit of dew that will play an impact. Wicket is a bit slow and hopefully, we can put their batters under pressure. We played well in all three facets, but we have left the result back in Lucknow. We know have challenging Chennai is, and everyone will be cheering for them. Same team for us. No need to quieten the crowd, they always encourage good cricket,” said Rahul after winning the toss.
“Nothing different, but the coin toss is something I need to work on. There will be some dew later on, but you never know how the wicket will surprise you. You just need to go out there and express yourself, if the ball in in your area they just attack it. Hoping to set the foundation upfront. One change for us - Daryl comes in for Rachin,”
CSK vs LSG Playing XIs
Chennai Super Kings: Ajinkya Rahane, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Daryl Mitchell, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana
Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi, Shardul Thakur, Shaik Rasheed, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur
Impact Subs: Devdutt Padikkal, Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Manimaran Siddharth
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