Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first in their IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on Wednesday. (More Cricket News) | (Scorecard)
Krunal Pandya is the stand-in captain in KL Rahul's absence for the home side. Deepak Chahar is fit and comes in for CSK in place of Akash Singh. For LSG, Manan Vohra or Karan Sharma are named in the starting XI.
Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bowl first in their IPL match against Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on Wednesday. (More Cricket News) | (Scorecard)
LSG all-rounder Krunal Padya is leading the side as regular captain KL Rahul is nursing a serious thigh injury.
CSK have brought in pace bowler Deepak Chahar in place Akash Singh, while LSG have included Manan Vohra and Karan Sharma in the playing XI.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana.
Lucknow Super Giants: Kyle Mayers, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran (w), Krunal Pandya (c), Krishnappa Gowtham, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan.