Shabman GulGujarat Titans won the toss and decided to field first. Rishabh PantLucknow Supergiants in the 19th match of IPL 2026 at the Bharat Ratnashree Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, both sides stuck to unchanged XIs.Gill chooses to follow, persistentlyGujarat Titans captain Shibman Gill chose to bowl first, underlining the importance of maintaining consistency in the long tournament and confidence from their previous win.
“We will come out first. Two points in the last match gives us a lot of confidence. Playing better cricket and making sure the match doesn’t go to the last over. We have had a great time, consistency is important in a long tournament like IPL. The team with the most consistency after 14 matches will win the tournament. That’s the team for us today,” Gill said at the toss.Pant emphasizes adaptability.Lucknow Supergiants captain Rishabh Pant echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing the importance of pace and adaptability.“I think it doesn’t matter what kind of wicket it is, batting or bowling first. For us it’s amazing. Every win is important, but winning like this shows character. We want to take it one match at a time. It’s great to win one match and come into the next match, but the conditions are different, the wickets are tough. We talked about the intention and it was good for us to see the Same P team.”
Playing XI for LSG and GT
Lucknow Supergiants: Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, Rishabh Pant (c&wk), Ayush Baduni, Nicholas Pooran, Abdul Samad, Mukul Chaudhary, Mohammad Shami, Aveesh Khan, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Prince YadavGujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wicket), Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tyotia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammad Siraj, Ashok Sharma, Prasidh Krishna
Effect subs for LSG vs GT
Gujarat Titans for Impact Subs: Shah Rukh Khan, Manu Sothar, Jason Holder, Kalwant Khajrulia, Anuj RawatLucknow Supergiants Impact Subs: Manimaran Siddharth, George Linde, Matthew Bretzke, Shehbaz Ahmed, Mayank Yadav
