New Delhi: Lucknow Supergiants captain Rishabh Pant In their IPL match on Sunday, Ishan Kishan-led Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and decided to bowl.LSG, who lost their season opener against Delhi Capitals, made one change to their playing XI, with Manimaran Siddharth replacing him. Enrich Nortje.“We want to bowl first, the wicket is good, but at the same time, you know, their real strength is batting, so, let them bat first, we can put them under pressure in the second innings. We come here every year, it’s not a new challenge. But at the same time, this is a team that can hurt you. But at the same time, whoever plays better cricket will win,” P said.
“(On the conditions) it certainly looks like a good wicket. But there is something in the wicket as well. After the powerplay, I think it can stick to more wickets. The ball will become stale and difficult to score. The only change, Sid (Manimaran Siddharth) comes for Noortje. (Will you open today?) We will see, we will see,” he added.Sunrisers Hyderabad, who lost their opener to Royal Challengers Bengaluru before bouncing back against Kolkata Knight Riders, also made changes to their team.Cushion brought in the England all-rounder Liam LivingstoneWho was signed along with Harshal Patel for Rs 13 crore in the IPL 2026 auction.“Very happy (playing in Hyderabad). It’s always good to have your home support and the crowd loves the SRH team. So yeah, it’s great to be here. Only two changes. Livingstone comes in and Harshal Patel comes in. Harshal Patel, he’s done well every time he’s bowled here. And Levy said, giving him an opportunity to use his off-hand spin against his off-hand spin.”“Especially in T20, execution is the most important thing. You need to be in a good headspace, stay calm and try to save as many runs as possible. So just plan well and execute your balls. And I think let’s see how it goes from there. Getting these two points is really important for us. But at the same time, we need to stay calm, take one match at a time. And that’s the whole plan. Stay in a good headspace, like I said before, and just play your best game,” he added.Teams:Sunrisers Hyderabad: Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (w/c), Henrik Klaasen, Liam Livingstone, Aniket Verma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Shivang Kumar, Harshal Patel, and Jaydev Anadakat.Lucknow Supergiants: Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (W/C), Aidan Markram, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Choudhary, Manimaran Siddharth, Aveesh Khan, Mohammed Shami, Digvesh Singh Rathi, and Prince Yadav.Here are the Impact Substitutes for both teams:Sunrisers Hyderabad Impact Subs: Ishan Malinga, Salil Arora, David Payne, Shivam Mavi, Zeeshan AnsariLucknow Supergiants Impact Subs: Ayush Baduni, Matthew Bretzke, Shahbaz Ahmed, Enrich Noertje, Himmat Singh
