Gujarat Titans vs Lucknow Super Giants: Loaded with aggressive all-rounders. Gujarat vs Lucknow will look to start with a win when they make their Indian Premier League debuts against each other on Monday.
Gujarat’s innings can be opened by Shubman Gill and Afghanistan’s wicket-keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Both are aggressive.
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Hardik Pandya will be responsible for Gujarat’s performance
The bowlers may get bounced at the Wankhede Stadium so they have to be careful. Captain Hardik Pandya will be responsible for Gujarat’s performance, who also has a lot of experience playing for Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium.
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Tewatia plays more responsibility as a batsman
Hardik, the maestro in hitting sixes, will have to come up higher in the batting order. Similarly, Rahul Tewatia will also be trying to remove the tag of ‘one match miracle’ in IPL. He has already said that he wants to play more responsibility as a batsman.
Four overs from all-rounder Vijay Shankar will also be crucial. All three have the ability to win matches on their own.
Karnataka’s Abhinav Manohar and David Miller will enter the middle order. Mohammed Shami is going to lead in the bowling.
Leg spinner Rashid Khan is also a ‘match-winner‘ player who is a master of bowling at the Wankhede Stadium.
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Both are rich in technique and have all kinds of shots
Lucknow skipper KL Rahul and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock will open the innings. Both are rich in technique and have all kinds of shots.
Lucknow also has all-rounders like Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, and West Indies’ Jason Holder, and Manish Pandey‘s experience will come in handy in the middle order.
The bowling will be led by Indore pacer Avesh Khan while Ravi Bishnoi will handle the spin.
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Gujarat Titans:
Hardik Pandya (Captain), Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Gurkeerat Singh, Sai Sudarshan, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Matthew Wade, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Wriddhiman Saha, Alzarri Joseph, Darshan Nalkande, Dominic Drakes, Jayant Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmed, Pradeep Sangwan, Rashid Khan, Ravi Srinivasan Sai, Varun Aaron, Yash Dayal.
Lucknow Super Giants:
KL Rahul (Captain), Manan Vohra, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Quinton de Kock, Ravi Vishnoi, Dushmanta Chamira, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ankit Rajput, Avesh Khan, Andrew Tye, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Myers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gautam, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder
