IPL 2023: Captain of Punjab Kings Changed in the Middle of the Season, this Veteran Got Command of the team

LSG vs PBKS, Captain Changed: The captain of the Punjab Kings team, which is looking for its first title, has been changed. This information received at the time of toss on Saturday in the match against Lucknow Supergiants. Now the command handed over to another player of the team.

Revenge Captain of Punjab

The captain of the Punjab Kings team suddenly changed. In fact, opener Shikhar Dhawan, who is leading the team, has suffered a minor injury. Due to which he was not fully fit. Sam Curran has been given the captaincy in his place. He came out as captain during the toss in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. KL Rahul is handling the command of Lucknow team.

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Lucknow’s First Batting

Punjab’s acting captain Sam Karen won the toss at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow. He invited the Lucknow team to bat first. After winning the toss, he said, ‘We will bowl first. Something that we haven’t done in the entire season. Shikhar Dhawan got injured in the last match, don’t know how serious it is but it is expected that he will not be out for long. His absence is a big deal for the team.

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Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): KL Rahul (c), Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Yudhveer Singh Charak, Mark Wood and Ravi Bishnoi

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharv Tawde, Matthew Short, Harpreet Singh Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Sam Karen (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Shah Rukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar and Arshdeep Singh.