Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper KL Rahul won the toss and opted to bat first at Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Rahul opted not to make any changes to the winning combination.
“We are going to bat first. Looks like a good wicket, we batted first in the last two games, defended pretty well. They have a better record against us, but they have been a better team. We are playing with the same team. It's still his (Mayank Yadav's) first season, a few injuries have been hard on his body. For a 21 old boy he's very professional. It's important for us to manage him. We have some good fast bowlers and we have Morne and others to look after him,” Rahul said after winning the toss.
GT skipper Shubman Gill made two changes to the side. He picked Sharath BR to replace Wriddhiman Saha who had a back spasm. He replaced Afghan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai with Spencer Johnson.
“We would have bowled first, so happy. We were top on the game for 33 overs of the match, the last 7 overs didn't go in our favour. We have a couple of changes. Saha misses out due to a back spasm and BR Sharath makes his debut for us. Spencer comes back in for Omarzai. We got to forget what has happened in the previous match,” Gill said at the coin toss.
LSG Playing XI: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav
GT Playing XI: Shubman Gill(c), Sharath BR(w), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma
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