NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to bowl first against the Punjab Kings at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh on Sunday.In a big change for LSG, Manimaran Siddharth came in and Digvesh Rathi dropped out of the playing eleven. While the Punjab kings did not make any changes on their side.
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RCB admit batting failure after narrow defeat | IPL 2026 “We’re going to bowl first. When we come here, we want them to set a total for us. They’ve been one of the best teams in the tournament, but at the same time it gives us the freedom to play them more loosely. I generally feel that playing for 220 runs is better than playing for 200. Better sometimes,” Pant said at the toss.While PBKS captain Iyer said, “I feel it’s a big challenge for us and going forward in the tournament, at least we’ll have a clear idea of how to go in the first innings as we haven’t batted first yet. So it’s a big challenge for the boys as well and as a collective team effort it would be a big challenge. (Any areas we can improve, the tournament is so won?) Yes, there’s still a lot of winning in the tournament. a moment we haven’t fulfilled yet, so it’s important that it’s a game where we all go into it together, make sure we do our best and get that comprehensive win like I mentioned.” Teams:Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (w/c), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Choudhary, Mohammed Shami, Avesh Khan, Prince Yadav, Mani Sidmaran Harth, Mohsin Khan.Punjabi kings (Playing XI): Prabhsimran Singh (w), Priyansh Arya, Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (c), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal. Substitutes for both teams:Lucknow Super Giants Impact sub: Abdul Samad, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Matthew Breetzke, Mayank Yadav, Himmat SinghPunjab Kings Impact Submarines: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod
