Toss Gujarat Titans chose to bowl vs Lucknow Super Giants

Shubman Gill called correctly as Gujarat Titans elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium. Both sides are unchanged.

Titans pipped Delhi Capitals in a last-ball thriller, while LSG overcame Kolkata Knight Riders on the back of an unreal half-century from rookie Mukul Choudhary. The win gave Titans their first win in three matches, and Gill hoped the team would be able to build on it. “Consistency is one thing we always talk about,” he said. “It’s the most important thing. In the first two matches, the kind of situations we were in, it went down to the wire. Two points in the previous game gives us a bit of relief. Hope to play better cricket.”

Pant wasn’t fussed about having to set a target. He felt with the way pitches are, “batting or bowling first won’t matter.” He was particularly pleased with the character LSG have shown in bouncing back to post two straight wins after starting the season with a loss to Delhi Capitals “For us it’s amazing, every win is important. If you win like that, it shows the character of the team,” he said. “It’s a great boost coming in on the back of a win, but this is a new match. Wickets and conditions may be different. We spoke of intent on the field, it was great to see us put our bodies on the line [in Kolkata].”

Lucknow Super Giants: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), 4 Ayush Badoni, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Mukul Choudhary, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Avesh Khan, 10 Prince Yadav, 11 Digvesh Rathi

Impact bench: M Siddharth, George Linde, Shahbaz Ahmad, Mayank Yadav, Matthew Breetzke

Gujarat Titans: 1 B Sai Sudharsan, 2 Shubman Gill (capt), 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Washington Sundar, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Kagiso Rabada, 9 Ashok Sharma, 10 Prasidh Krishna, 11 Mohammed Siraj

Impact bench: Shahrukh Khan, Manav Suthar, Jason Holder, Kulwant Kejroliya, Anuj Rawat