LSG vs GT, IPL 2024 Toss result and playing XIs for today’s match, umpires list and pitch report
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) face Gujarat Titans (GT) in match 21 of IPL 2024 at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday, April 7. The LSG vs GT clash will be the second game of a double-header.
LSG began their IPL 2024 campaign with a 20-run loss to Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur. Since then, they have got the better of Punjab Kings by 21 runs and Royal Challengers Bengaluru by 28 runs. Lucknow will be keen to maintain their impressive form against Gujarat.
Meanwhile, GT have had a middling season, winning two games and losing as many. In their last game, they suffered a three-wicket loss against Punjab. Batting first, the Titans scored 199-4, with skipper Shubman Gill leading the way with 89* off 48. However, Shashank Singh (61* off 29) played a superb innings to win the game for Punjab.
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Today's LSG vs GT toss result
LSG have won the toss and have opted to bat first. Captain KL Rahul said:
“Looks like a good wicket. We batted first in the last couple of games, and it has gone well, so we want to defend again.”
Lucknow are going in with the same team. For Gujarat, Wriddhiman Saha and Azmatullah Omarzai miss out due to fitness issues. BR Sharath makes his debut, while Spencer Johnson comes back.
LSG vs GT - Today's match playing XIs
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Sharath BR (w), Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson, Darshan Nalkande, Mohit Sharma
Today's LSG vs GT pitch report
Daren Ganga says that the surface for today’s game looks very hard. He reckons not a lot of friction will be created because of the hardness.
The former West Windies batter feels that it will be better for batting when the ball is hard and that things might get little tough as the ball gets softer. Ganga also doesn’t see dew playing much of a part.
Today's LSG vs GT match players list
Lucknow Super Giants squad: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mayank Yadav, Manimaran Siddharth, Deepak Hooda, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Kyle Mayers, Matt Henry, Mohsin Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ashton Turner, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Arshin Kulkarni
Gujarat Titans squad: Shubman Gill (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Kane Williamson, David Miller, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewatia, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Umesh Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande, Abhinav Manohar, Manav Suthar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Matthew Wade, Sharath BR, Sandeep Warrier, Jayant Yadav, Shahrukh Khan, Joshua Little, Kartik Tyagi, Spencer Johnson, Sushant Mishra
LSG vs GT - Today's match umpires
On-field umpires: Nand Kishore, Virender Sharma
TV umpire: Nitin Menon
Match Referee: Javagal Srinath