IPL 2025, LSG vs GT: Why Rishabh Pant excluded Mitchell Marsh for clash vs Gujarat Titans?

Rishabh Pant, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, won the toss and chose to field first against Gujarat Titans at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in their IPL 2025 match. Himmat Singh replaced Mitchell Marsh in the Lucknow Super Giants lineup, while Washington Sundar was included in Gujarat Titans team instead of Kulwant Khejroliya.

NEW DELHI: Lucknow Super Giants captain Rishabh Pant won the toss and opted to field against Gujarat Titans in their IPL 2025 match at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.

During the toss, Pant said: “We are going to bowl first. The wicket looks good, Happy to win the last two matches. As a team, we talk about the process and the team is responding well now. Bowlers have done a really good job, we have to give credit to them.”

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“Instead of Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh comes in. His daughter is not well,” Pant said.

For Gujarat Titans, Washinton Sundar was included in place of Kulwant Khejroliya.

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“I would have bowled first as well. I don’t think the wicket is going to change much. Everyone is contributing, that’s been one of the hallmarks for us, Washi comes in for Kulwant,” Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill said.

Teams:

Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Washington Sundar, Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Arshad Khan, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), Himmat Singh, David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi

Here are the Impact substitutes for both the teams:

Gujarat Titans Impact Subs: Prasidh Krishna, Mahipal Lomror, Nishant Sindhu, Anuj Rawat, Jayant Yadav

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Prince Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Shamar Joseph

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