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DC vs LSG Playing XI: Rishabh Pant drops David Warner to include all-rounder, KL Rahul makes a couple of changes for must-win game
DC vs LSG: Rishabh Pant dropped David Warner to include Gulbadin Naib. KL Rahul made a couple of changes as well after the loss to an in-form SRH.
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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) KL Rahul won the toss and opted to field first against Rishabh Pant's Delhi Capitals (DC) at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi on May 14. Rahul made two changes to the side. Arshad Khan and Yudhvir Singh Charak have walked into the side after the drubbing against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH).
“We will bowl first. It is because of how our team is placed and what will help our team. We are a young bowling attack and get them into the game early, we have experienced batters and they can take the pressure. It is pretty clear for us, we have to win both games. The last two games we have not been up to the mark and have been blasted out of the game. The bowlers have to be brave, as a bowling unit you might fear using change ups but they have to do just back themselves. Couple of changes,” Rahul said after winning the toss.
Pant made a couple of changes in the squad. He walked into the side after facing a one-match ban. Afghan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib made a comeback to replace David Warner.
“We would have batted first. There are a lot of things going on (regarding qualification) but you can only focus on winning the game. If you had not lost too many wickets we would have won that game, but easier to say that from sitting out. That is a concern throughout the season but as a captain you can ask the players to give their best and they are doing that. We have two changes - myself and Naib come in, Warner misses out,” Pant said at the coin toss.
DC Playing XI: Abishek Porel, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shai Hope, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Tristan Stubbs, Axar Patel, Gulbadin Naib, Rasikh Dar Salam, Mukesh Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed
LSG Playing XI: KL Rahul(w/c), Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Arshad Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohsin Khan
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Head-to-head
DC and LSG have gone up against each other four times in the IPL so far. LSG have had a upper hand with three wins from four games. The last time they played was earlier this season and DC beat them by six wickets with 11 balls to spare.
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