New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants captain Ritha Pant won the toss and were selected to face Kings XI Punjab at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, New Chandigarh on Sunday.LSG made major changes with Manimaran Siddharth coming on board and Digvesh Rathi missing from the starting XI. Kings XI Punjab, on the other hand, did not make any changes to their team.“We’re going to bowl first. Coming here, we want them to set a total for us. They’re one of the best teams in the tournament, but at the same time, it gives us freedom to play with them more freely. Generally speaking, I feel it’s better to bowl 220 sometimes than 200. (Manimaran) Siddharth came in, (Digvesh) Rathi missed out. (Is that elbow okay?) It’s much better,” Pant said during the toss.PBKS captain Iyer said: “I feel like it’s a big challenge for us, going forward in the game, at least we have a fair idea of how the first innings will go as we haven’t batted first so far. So it’s going to be a big challenge for the boys as well and as a collective effort as a team. (Anything to improve on?) Yeah, definitely an all-round win. We played a lot of games in the game but there were still moments that we haven’t achieved yet.” So it’s important that this game is one where we all come together and make sure we give it our all and get that overall win that I mentioned. We will move forward with the same team. ” team:Lucknow Super Giants (XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (centre), Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Mukul Chaudhry, Mohammad Shami, Avish Khan, Prince Yadav, Mani Sidmalan Haas, Mohsin Khan.punjab kings (Played 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. Impact substitutes for both teams:Lucknow Super Giants shock substitutes: Abdul Samad, Digwish Singh Rati, Matthew Britzker, Mayank Yadav, Himmat Singhking of punjab assault submarine: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod
