🏏IPL 2024: Match 48 - LSG vs MI in Lucknow @ 7:30PM IST🏏 - Page 7

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Pitch Report | Graeme Swann and Aaron Finch: "The bowlers for once in this IPL might be quite looking forward to this. First of all, it's a used pitch, you can tell by the footmarks. 66 metres to either side (square), so there is no shorter side today. The pockets are about 71m, straight down the ground - 76m. The strip looks interesting. 163 was the score here last time, they were able to defend it. That should give the bowlers a lot of confidence. There is a little bit of grass on the surface but I don't think that that will play too much of a part. I expect it to be on the slower side and as we come down the strip a little bit more, you see some bare patches and that's quite consistent right throughout, you can see some red coming through. Expect the ball to spin and hold in the wicket a little bit more and that'll suit the Lucknow side more. There's a bit of breeze tonight. It could be a night for the bowlers."

Yay Toss pts milgaya as LSG won the toss n bowl first

Who ever wins the toss, I will display their team even if I don't get the toss prediction right.

Cheers..

QDK OUT.

Mayank IN and some more changes that KL is not sure.

Lsg won toss and will bowl first

Originally posted by: SoniRita

Yay Toss pts milgaya as LSG won the toss n bowl first

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7pm It's toss time. Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul are out in the middle, alongside Ian Bishop. Rahul gives it a flick. Heads calls Hardik but it comes down as tails. LSG will bowl first. Rahul says the wicket looks good and he wants to put the batters under pressure by putting them in. Adds that staying balanced is important, staying excited for the game and wanting to put on a show for the crowd. Few changes for LSG - Quinton de Kock misses out. Arshin Kulkarni is in the team, as is Ashton Turner. Mayank Yadav is playing too.

LSG will bowl first. Rahul says the wicket looks good and he wants to put the batters under pressure by putting them in. Adds that staying balanced is important, staying excited for the game and wanting to put on a show for the crowd. Few changes for LSG - Quinton de Kock misses out. Arshin Kulkarni is in the team, as is Ashton Turner. Mayank Yadav is playing too. Says he has been tempted to throw Mayank in and that he has been pushing the medical team and support staff to get Mayank back on the field, and he hopes he can come back and bowl fast.

KL Rahul: We will bowl first. Wicket looks good, want to put their batters under pressure and look to chase it. We'll try to stay as balanced as possible. Need to come out and put up show. We have a few good victories. Few changes, Quinton misses out. Kulkarni is in the team. Mayank is back as well. He has bowled really well, he has a huge impact. I have been pushing the physios and medical team. Mayank is eager to go. Important that he gets it out of his head that he had an injury.

Hardik Pandya: Looks alright. Looks a slower surface, let's see how it plays. We know that all games are do or die. Need to focus