Match particulars
Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) vs Gujarat Titans (GT)
Lucknow, 7.30pm IST (2pm GMT)
Large image – Can LSG finish their shedding streak in opposition to Titans?
Mayank has not but taken the new ball for LSG and if Shubman Gill remains to be batting, that match-up may very well be one which has vital influence on the results of the sport. Gill comes into the contest having scored an unbeaten 89 in opposition to Punjab Kings, his first substantial innings as the new Titans captain in IPL 2024.
Type information
LSG WWL (Most up-to-date first)
GT LWLW
Staff information and Influence Participant technique
Lucknow Tremendous Giants
LSG have used a unique mixture of Influence Gamers in every of their three matches to this point. That included subbing off KL Rahul after they batted first in opposition to Kings to handle his workload. However Rahul returned as captain and stayed on the discipline for the complete sport in opposition to RCB. In that match, they subbed off Quinton de Kock after he scored 81 and introduced in left-arm spinner M Siddharth as Influence Participant whereas bowling second. Of their earlier house sport, in opposition to Kings, Naveen-ul-Haq had are available as the Influence Participant for Rahul.
Probably XII: 1 KL Rahul (capt & wk), 2 Quinton de Kock, 3 Devdutt Padikkal, 4 Nicholas Pooran, 5 Marcus Stoinis, 6 Krunal Pandya, 7 Ayush Badoni, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Yash Thakur, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Mayank Yadav, 12 M Siddharth
Gujarat Titans
David Miller did not say a lot about his health in the pre-match press convention. In his absence in Titans’ earlier match in opposition to Kings, Kane Williamson scored 26 off 22 balls. That was additionally the first time this season that Titans introduced in Mohit Sharma to swap a batter apart from Sai Sudharsan. They changed Rahul Tewatia, who’s but to bowl this yr, after batting first. They have not performed M Shahrukh Khan, their big-money signing at the public sale in December, but this season.
Probably XII: 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 Wriddhiman Saha (wk), 3 Sai Sudharsan, 4 Kane Williamson, 5 Vijay Shankar, 6 Azmatullah Omarzai, 7 Rahul Tewatia, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Noor Ahmad, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Darshan Nalkande, 12 Mohit Sharma
In the spotlight: Padikkal and Shankar
Forward of this yr’s public sale, LSG traded Avesh Khan for Devdutt Padikkal however that transfer is but to point out outcomes. Batting at No. 3 in the three matches to this point, he has scored 0, 9 and 6. Padikkal has additionally fallen to tempo every time. He’s the hyperlink between LSG’s sturdy opening mixture and Marcus Stoinis and Nicholas Pooran in the center order, and so they want him to make sure that no momentum is misplaced.
Solely Gill and Sudharsan have 100-plus runs this season amongst Titans’ batters. They do not have Hardik Pandya to financial institution on anymore, and with Miller lacking, they want gamers like Vijay Shankar to step up. He has scores of 12 (12 balls), 14* (11) in a run chase, and eight (10).
Stats that matter
Pitch and circumstances
It’s anticipated to be scorching in Lucknow on Sunday night. In the solely match performed there this season, LSG scored 199 and Punjab fell quick by 21 runs in the chase. The rating batting first in final season’s first sport in Lucknow was 193, however there have been solely two different 150-plus scores in the subsequent six video games.
Quotes
“I believe one mistake we made final yr was to cut and alter our staff an excessive amount of. I believe it is necessary whereas the staff is doing effectively to maintain the identical stability.”
LSG bowling coach Morne Morkel
“At the second, the desk is fairly tight. So nobody’s actually working away at this stage.”
David Miller is not apprehensive about Titans’ seventh place in the factors desk
Himanshu Agrawal is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo
