IPL 2024, LSG vs PBKS: Lucknow Super Giants fans were shocked at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow when the captain of the toss against Punjab Kings KL Rahul on the field instead of nicholas puran Returns. Puran won the toss and decided to bat first. Fans started wondering whether Rahul had got injured again. But after the toss, Puran informed that Rahul will come to bat but he will play as an impact player. That’s why Rahul is not captaining. Veteran West Indies cricketer Nicholas Pooran has been made the captain for Saturday’s match. Rahul was injured during the Test series against England and was out of the entire series.
IPL 2024: Nicholas Puran told the reason
Speaking in the presentation after the toss, Nicholas Pooran informed that KL Rahul will be rested. There are preparations to field an impact player for bowling in his place. Rahul was kept as the third batsman in the team’s playing eleven. Puran said after the toss that KL is returning from injury and we are thinking of giving him a break in such a long tournament. Today he will play as an impact player. Everyone should take advantage of the opportunity and do their best.
IPL 2024: Playing XI of both the teams
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran (captain), Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth.
Impact Players: Ashton Turner, Naveen-ul-Haq, Amit Mishra, Deepak Hooda, K Gautam.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (w), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh.
Impact Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Riley Rousseau, Tanay Thagarajan, Vidwath Kawerappa, Harpreet Bhatia.
IPL 2024: Both the teams are as follows
Lucknow Super Giants Team: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper/captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav, Prerak Mankad. , Krishnappa Gautam, Amit Mishra, David Willey, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Shivam Mavi, Manimaran Siddharth, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Shamar Joseph, Arshin Kulkarni.
Punjab Kings Team: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shashank Singh, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh, Riley Rossouw, Tanay Thiagarajan, Harpreet Singh. Bhatia, Vidath Kawerappa, Chris Woakes, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Ashutosh Sharma, Atharva Tayde, Nathan Ellis, Shivam Singh, Prince Choudhary, Vishwanath Singh.