For the must-win match against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have been missing the services of multiple important members. At the toss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant mentioned that Josh Inglis and Mohsin Khan are not in the playing combination to take on RCB.
It is a major setback for the team, as both of the players are considered a crucial part of LSG. Pant informed that because of injuries, both of them were ruled out.
Why Josh Inglis and Mohsin Khan are not playing today’s match vs RCB?
Avesh Khan, another fast bowler of the team, is also not selected in the playing eleven for tonight’s match. In place of them, LSG has named Arshin Kulkarni and Shahbaz Ahmed as replacements.
“Few changes in our team. Some injuries – Inglis and Mohsin Khan miss out. The only thing is to move with clarity. We know we’re a top team, but the main thing is clarity. We have a few changes in the batting order. Having a stable environment is needed, but we need to make changes at times. Looks like a 180-190 wicket, a better wicket than most of the other games,” the LSG captain informed at the toss.
Rishabh Pant mentioned the batting combination. Against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru, they may have considered some changes in the batting order, it will be interesting to see the changes. In the ongoing season, the franchise has so far done a lot of experiments with the batting order and playing combination. In their previous match, Nicholas Pooran batted brilliantly, and Mitchell Marsh was also good. As the skipper mentioned, Josh Inglis is injured and not going to take the field. The team can miss his service, as the batter is flexible, can contribute both from top order and middle order. In the previous match, which was against the Mumbai Indians. For the match against the Mumbai Indians, LSG opened their innings with Marsh and Inglis. Josh Inglis played a short but impactful knock to provide the team a flying start inside the powerplay.
Mohsin Khan is another important member of the team, who has been playing for the team in a constant manner.
Playing XIs:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Jacob Bethell, Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Rajat Patidar(c), Jitesh Sharma(w), Krunal Pandya, Romario Shepherd, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Suyash Sharma, Rasikh Salam Dar, Josh Hazlewood
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Mitchell Marsh, Arshin Kulkarni, Nicholas Pooran, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Akshat Raghuwanshi, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Mohammed Shami, Prince Yadav
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