Indian T20 League 2022 - Match 4 - Gujarat vs Lucknow: Preview, Playing XIs, Where To Watch and Updates

The new entrants in the Indian T20 League, Gujarat and Lucknow will face off on March 28 at the Wankhede Stadium. This will be the first game for both teams. Skippers from both teams KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will start a new chapter in their careers. Pandya will lead an ITL team for the first time in his seven-year career. On the other hand, this will be Rahul's another experience of captaincy, having led Punjab before.

Pitch Report

The season's opening game between Chennai and Kolkata saw pacers getting some help with the new ball. Umesh Yadav from Kolkata took two wickets in the powerplay. Expect the same grass covering on the surface with teams preferring to bowl first on this deck.

Team combinations

Gujarat

The team has replaced Jason Roy, who pulled out citing bio-bubble fatigue with Rahamanullah Gurbaz. Apart from this, the team will miss the services of Matthew Wade, David Miller, Alzarri Joseph for various reasons. Wade is currently in Pakistan for the white-ball series. Miller is in three-day hard quarantine and Joseph is currently busy with the West Indies vs England Test series.  

Probable playing XI:- Shubman Gill, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Gurkeerat Singh, Hardik Pandya (c), Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Mohammed Shami, Dominic Drakes

Lucknow

The team is missing the services of Marcus Stoinis and Jason Holder. Stoinis is with the Australia team on the Pakistan tour and Holder is currently playing for the West Indies against England. 

Probable playing XI:- KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock (wk), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, K Gowtham, Mohsin Khan, Dushmanta Chameera, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Ankit Rajpoot

Match Details

Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Date & Time: March 28, 7:30 pm IST 

Live Streaming: Star Sports Network for Television and Disney + Hotstar app for live streaming.