Toss Lucknow Super Giants choose to bowl v Punjab Kings
Rishabh Pant was fully fit and available after a blow to his left elbow in Lucknow Super Giants' previous game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He called correctly at the toss and chose to bowl in LSG's quest to arrest a two-match slide against Punjab Kings in New Chandigarh.
LSG made two changes: M Siddharth, the left-arm spinner, replaced South Africa left-arm spinner George Linde, while legspinner Digvesh Rathi made way for Mohsin Khan, who came in for his second game this season.
"They've been one of the best teams, but this decision gives us the freedom to chase," Pant said. "We need to have transparency, that's when you can hard conversations within the group."
Shreyas Iyer wasn't fussed about his unchanged PBKS line-up having to set a target for the first time this season. He terms it a "great challenge."
"It's about us vs us," he said. "Not about the opponents. If we stay in the present and embrace the opportunity collectively, we'll come up trumps. We've played so many matches, still there are moments we haven't fulfilled yet. Hopefully tonight's that game."
LSG bowling-first XI 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Ayush Badoni, 3 Rishabh Pant (capt, wk), 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Nicholas Pooran, 6 Mukul Choudhary, 7 Mohammed Shami, 8 Avesh Khan, 9 Prince Yadav, 10 M Siddharth, 11 Mohsin Khan
PBKS batting-first XI 1 Prabhsimran Singh (wk), 2 Priyansh Arya, 3 Cooper Connolly, 4 Shreyas Iyer (capt), 5 Nehal Wadhera, 6 Shashank Singh, 7 Marcus Stoinis, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Xavier Bartlett, 10 Arshdeep Singh, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal