Mumbai elect to bowl against Lucknow

Mumbai, April 16 : Mumbai Indians (MI) have won the toss and elected to bowl against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the Indian Premier league match here at Brabourne Stadium on Saturday. After the toss, Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma said: “Since it’s a day game we tried to get another slower ball. It’s a good pitch to play cricket and with his experience coming in, it will be good for us. We got Tymal Mills, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard and Dewald Brevis. “We just need to keep things under control and stay calm, it’s that simple. We don’t need to overcomplicate things. We just need to come out and play basic cricket and will be focussing on doing that.” Lucknow captain KL Rahul said: “We are playing some good cricket since the first game. It’s a new team and the boys are coming together really well and we always found a way to stay in the game. We have one change. Gowtham misses out and Manish Pandey comes in.” Playing XIs Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma(c), Ishan Kishan(w), Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Tymal Mills Lucknow Super Giants: KL Rahul(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Manish Pandey, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Ayush Badoni, Jason Holder, Krunal Pandya, Dushmantha Chameera, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi BAV PRT

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