KL Rahul has won the toss and elected to bowl first in the Indian Premier League 2024. “I think dew will play a big role in the second innings. The pitch is slow and the dew will help us to score freely. We want to put them under pressure from the start. We defeated them in Lucknow and the players are confident,” KL Rahul said.
Ruturaj Gaikwad would have bowled first as well. “I will have to practice the coin toss, as I have lost a few in this season. We will have to bat smartly to put up a good total on the board. It is good to be back over here,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said.
Chennai Super Kings
RD Gaikwad*, AM Rahane, DJ Mitchell, MM Ali, S Dube, RA Jadeja, MS Dhoni†, DL Chahar, TU Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, M Pathirana
Subs: Rizvi, Thakur, Rasheed, Ravindra, Santner
Lucknow Super Giants
Q de Kock, KL Rahul*†, MP Stoinis, DJ Hooda, N Pooran, A Badoni, KH Pandya, MJ Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur
Subs: Padikkal, Kulkarni, Gowtham, Yudhvir, Siddharth