Lucknow, April 30: Winning the toss Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) elected to bowl first versus Mumbai Indians (MI) in the 48th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 at the Ekana Stadium, here on Tuesday.
On their home ground, LSG brought back pace sensation Mayank Yadav, who was out with an injury.
The Lucknow-franchise also rested opener Quinton de Kock. He was replaced by Ashton Turner.
Mumbai Indians brought back South African pacer Gerald Coetzee in place of Mark Wood.
Squads:
Mumbai Indians XI: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicket-keeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla and Jasprit Bumrah
MI Bench: Nuwan Thushara, Kumar Kartikeya, Naman Dhir, Shams Mulani and Dewald Brevis..
Lucknow Super Giants XI: KL Rahul (Captainand wicket-keeper), Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Ashton Turner, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav.
LSG Bench: Arshin Kulkarni, M Siddharth, K Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh and Prerak Mankad
Will the announcement of India's provisional squad for the upcoming ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, have an impact on LSG-MI match?
Well, may be up to some extent. Because players who missed out may be disheartened. LSG skipper K L Rahul, their spinner Ravi Vishnoi and Mumbai keeper Ishan Kishan to name a few.
However, both teams LSG and MI would be keen to outsmart each other and score those two valuable points to avoid mid-table congestion.
