LSG bowl; CSK hands franchise debut to Spencer Johnson

Toss Lucknow Super Giants selected to bowl vs Chennai Super Kings

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) captain Rishabh Pant received the toss and requested Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bat on what he known as a “tacky” pitch. His counterpart Ruturaj Gaikwad was additionally cautious of the red-soil floor in Lucknow, suggesting there was some moisture in it.

The harm to allrounder Jamie Overton, who has been sidelined since the remainder of this season, compelled CSK to make two modifications. They handed a franchise debut to Australia left-arm fast Spencer Johnson, who has not performed any aggressive cricket since IPL 2025. He is working his method again from a again harm. Left-arm fast Gurjapneet Singh is the likeliest to are available from the Impact Sub bench when CSK bowl later within the night. At the toss, Gaikwad dominated out the potential inclusion of Akeal Hosein, saying Gurjapneet shall be their Impact Sub.

Prashant Veer, who was CSK’s Impact Player of their earlier fixture towards LSG in Chennai, broke into their XI on Friday and can play at his home dwelling floor. If CSK win in the present day, they may enter the highest 4.

LSG, then again, are already out of rivalry for the playoffs and Pant mentioned that they’re trying forward to the subsequent season. As a part of these long-term plans, they handed left-arm seamer Akash Singh his first match of the season, towards his former franchise. Middle-order batters Abdul Samad and Mukul Choudhary additionally returned to the LSG XI. Himmat Singh and Akshat Raghuwanshi dropped out of the staff. Avesh Khan additionally missed out, with tearaway Mayank Yadav getting his third match of the season.

Josh Inglis was not a part of LSG’s bowl-first XI, however is ready to slot in as their Impact Player when the chase.

CSK bat-first XI: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (capt), 2 Sanju Samson (wk), 3 Urvil Patel, 4 Kartik Sharma,5 Dewald Brevis, 6 Shivam Dube, 7 Prashant Veer, 8 Anshul Kamboj, 9 Spencer Johnson, 10 Noor Ahmad,11 Mukesh Choudhary

CSK Impact Subs bench: Gurjapneet Singh, Akeal Hosein, Sarfaraz Khan, Matthew Short, Matt Henry

LSG bowl-first XI: 1 Mitchell Marsh, 2 Nicholas Pooran, 3 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Mukul Choudhary, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Shahbaz Ahmed, 8 Mohammed Shami, 9 Mayank Yadav, 10 Akash Singh, 11 Prince Yadav

LSG Impact Subs bench: Josh Inglis, M Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Himmat Singh, Ayush Badoni