Lucknow Super Giants captain KL Rahul has won the toss and elected to bat first against Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League 2024. “It is a fresh wicket, but it is good for the batting, and that’s why we are batting first. I don’t know how we are winning matches over here. The newly laid pitches here have increased our confidence as we know what to expect. I hope dew will not impact our bowling in the second innings,” KL Rahul said.
Rishabh Pant would have batted first as well. “I would have batted first well, but we can’t control the toss. Injuries to our key players have impacted us, but that’s part and parcel of the game. We are still looking to find out our best playing XI,” Rishabh Pant said. Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav are back in the playing XI.
DC: 1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 David Warner, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Axar Patel, 7 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 8 Kuldeep Yadav, 9 Mukesh Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Khaleel Ahmed.
Impact Subs: Richardson, Porel, Kushagra, Sumit and Dubey
LSG: 1 Quinton de Kock, 2 KL Rahul (capt, wk), 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Marcus Stoinis, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Ayush Badoni, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Yash Thakur, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Arshad Khan.
Impact Subs: Gowtham, Hooda, Siddharth, Mishra and Henry