KL Rahul confronted a whole lot of criticism final season for his sluggish strike price whereas Lucknow Pitch was underneath scanner for making ready gradual pitches. Now, each will eye redemption.
LSG vs PBKS LIVE: It’s time for Lucknow Tremendous Giants to open their account this season they usually have opted to bat first. Nicholas Pooran is main Lucknow as KL Rahul will play as in Affect participant. LSG and DC are the one two groups in addition to Mumbai Indians who’re but to win this season. However towards Punjab Kings, LSG face a unique battle. Lucknow Pitch grabbed all attentions final season and likewise KL Rahul’s strike price. Shikhar Dhawan too has an identical sluggish strike price drawback and each captains shall be underneath the scanner on the Ekana Stadium.
LSG vs PBKS LIVE
Lucknow Tremendous Giants Subs
Ashton Turner, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Deepak Hooda, Ok Gowtham
Punjab Kings Subs
Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Roussouw, Tanay Thagarajan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia
Nicholas Pooran speaks
KL is getting back from harm and we’re trying to give him a break in such a protracted event, however he’ll play as an affect participant at this time. Everybody should take the alternatives and carry out at their greatest.
Lucknow Tremendous Giants Taking part in XI
Quinton de Kock(w), KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran(c), Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth
Punjab Kings Taking part in XI
Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
KL Rahul Affect Participant
KL Rahul just isn’t dominated out. He’ll play as an Affect Participant, confirms Nicholas Pooran. He’s coming back from an harm and it’s carried out to handle his workload and ease him again within the event.
Toss replace
Nicholas Pooran has gained the toss on captaincy debut in IPL and he has opted to bat.
Mayank Yadav makes debut
Proper-arm medium pacer Mayank Yadav makes debut for LSG and he will get the cap from Krunal Pandya.
Nicholas Pooran captain
KL Rahul appears to be out of the LSG vs PBKS conflict as Nicholas Pooran makes approach for the toss. An harm concern once more? Undecided but.
Ekana Pitch Report
How does the pitch look? Ekana has confronted a whole lot of criticism for its gradual nature. However there may be grass on the pitch with no cracks. Though dew may very well be an element nonetheless, the pitch appears to be like good for batting. As for dimensions, it’s 61m and 68m on the 2 sides with a 76m straight boundary.
Giants arrive at Ekana
Punjab Kings able to rock
KL Rahul
For KL Rahul, it’s nonetheless unclear if he ought to bat within the center order for a spot within the T20 World Cup squad. He opened the innings for LSG within the first match. Nonetheless, he should bat within the center order and rating runs as the highest order in Group India is packed up.
PBKS purpose to bounce again
Regardless of a successful begin towards DC, PBKS suffered an away loss to RCB. Now, they should burry the demons of Lucknow and get again to successful.
Can LSG open their account?
LSG suffered a 20-run loss to Rajasthan Royals of their opening match. Regardless of KL Rahul top-scoring with 58 runs, his sluggish method did elevate eybrows. The opposite issues are LSG’s middle-order that failed towards RR. Their bowling too in absence of Mark Wooden isn’t world class.
Punjab Kings Squad
Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma(w), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Rilee Rossouw, Tanay Thyagarajan, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh
Lucknow Tremendous Giants Squad
Devdutt Padikkal, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, KL Rahul(w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Shivam Mavi, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Krishnappa Gowtham, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharth, Ayush Badoni, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Mayank Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni, Matt Henry
Editors decide