IPL 2024: Lucknow Super Giants win the toss against Chennai Super Kings; choose to bowl first

The 34th match of the IPL 2024 season will be played between Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow on Friday, April 19, 2024. However, Lucknow Super Giants won the toss and opted to bowl first.

Lucknow Super Giants started with a defeat before winning three successive matches before losing their last two games as well On the other hand, CSK won four matches so far and the last two as well. However, both teams will try to win the game and keep the momentum on. This is going to be an exciting match for both teams as well.

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IPL 2024: LSG vs CSK, Match 34: Who said what at the toss?

KL Rahul: We’ll bowl first. Looks like a good wicket, dew hasn;t been a big factor. Hopefully it stays good for 40 overs. We would like to know what we are chasing. There weren’t any blunders we made. Last game against KKR was a big defeat. Still pretty relaxed. I know it’s halfway mark. As a leadership group, if we panic it spreads. That’s not what I like to be. Great support staff. We are trying to keep as relaxed as possible. The pitches have been relaid here. Each time you play, it can be different. Just one change. Joseph is out, Matt Henry comes in.

Ruturaj Gaikwad: We would have bowled first. We batted first in the last game and batted well. (Win against MI) A good confidence-booster. Going there and defending is a big boost for us. We don’t want to get complacent. We are trying to be as consistent as possible. Just a bit lucky (on his batting), unlucky dismissal in the first two matches. Good to be back, good to be going. Everyone is confident. Two changes. Mo comes in for Mitchell, Deepak comes in for Shardul.

Playing XIs:

Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul(w/c), Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Krunal Pandya, Matt Henry, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Yash Thakur

Lucknow Super Giants Impact Subs: Arshin Kulkarni, Krishnappa Gowtham, Yudhvir Singh, Manimaran Siddharth, Arshad Khan

Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana

Chennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Sameer Rizvi,Shardul Thakur,Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu,Mitchell Santner