KL Rahul won the toss and invited Chennai Super Kings to bat first in the Indian Premier League 2024.

“Looks like a good wicket,” said Rahul. “We want to see Chennai Super Kings’ total. We haven’t made any blunders in our defeats. The team needs to grab the opportunities and make them count. The pitches have been good and we will have to take the responsibility. Shamar Joseph is out and Matt Henry is playing for us,” KL Rahul said.

CSK would have bowled first as well. looking to bowl first. “We wanted to bowl first. I am not sure about the wicket. Winning at the Wankhede Stadium was a big plus but we don’t want to get complacent. It was good to score runs in the last game. Moeen Ali comes in for Daryl Mitchell, Deepak Chahar comes in for Shardul Thakur,” Ruturaj Gaikwad said.

LSG: Q de Kock, KL Rahul (capt/wk), MP Stoinis, DJ Hooda, N Pooran, A Badoni, KH Pandya, MJ Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur.

Subs: Kulkarni, Gowtham, Yudhvir, M Siddharth, Arshad

CSK: RD Gaikwad (capt), R Ravindra, AM Rahane, MM Ali, S Dube, RA Jadeja, MS Dhoni (wk), DL Chahar, TU Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, M Pathirana

Subs: Rizvi, Thakur, Rasheed, Sindhu, Santner

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