Rohit Sharma wins the toss against Krunal-Pandya-led LSG (Sportzpix)
Rohit Sharma won the toss against Lucknow Super Giants, Mumbai Indians will bowl first, LSG captain Krunal Pandya made three changes in his playing XI
Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to field against Krunal Pandya’s Lucknow Super Giants. Rohit made only 1 change in his playing XI, Tilak Verma still unfit while Krunal made few changes in his LSG team, Kyle Mayers dropped, Naveen-ul-Haq and Deepak Hooda came in, Avesh Khan too Bench given.
Rohit touched on why he chose to bowl, revealing that he wanted to capitalize on his side’s strengths while chasing, and revealed his team’s combination as they go with four pacers and two spinners. They went.
“We are going to bowl first. We know what to expect from the pitch, it looks like a good track but not sure how it is going to play, so it is better to have a score in front of us. We are up to the challenge. Ready for that. Even the fast bowlers here have been very effective so we got 4 fast bowlers and 2 spinners. Every game is important and anyone can beat anyone on a particular day. We made a change Done. We have an offie for the left-arm spinner,” Rohit said during the toss.
Teams:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Tim David, Hrithik Shokeen, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock (w), Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Krunal Pandya (c), Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Swapnil Singh, Mohsin Khan
More to follow..