Lucknow Super Giants gained the essential toss towards Punjab Kings of their first house recreation of the IPL 2024 at Ekana Cricket Stadium on Saturday. KL Rahul missed the toss as his deputy Nicholas Pooran walked out in a shock for the followers.
Pooran revealed that KL Rahul is recovering from his earlier damage and can play at present’s recreation as an impact player. Lucknow additionally handed IPL debuts to two new gamers Mayank Yadav and Manimaran Siddharth with Naveen-ul-Haq and Yash Thakur lacking out.Â
Lucknow Super Giants taking part in XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), KL Rahul (as an impact player), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (c), Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth.
Subs: Ashton Turner, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Deepak Hooda, Ok Gowtham
Punjab Kings taking part in XI: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Subs: Prabhsimran Singh, Rilee Roussouw, Tanay Thagarajan, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia
More to observe…